Jilin University is a national key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, located in Changchun City, Jilin Province. The school was founded in 1946 and was listed as a national key university in 1960. In 1984, it became one of the first 22 universities to establish graduate schools. It is also a member of the national "211 Project", "985 Project", and the first batch of "Double First Class" universities.
The school always adheres to the motto of "seeking truth from facts and innovation, inspiring and striving for strength", and insists on the development strategy of "academic establishment, talent strengthening, innovation driven, open and active, and cultural glory". It strives to build an important base for cultivating high-quality innovative talents, high-level scientific research and achievement transformation, high-quality social services, high-level international exchange and cooperation, and leading advanced culture that plays an important role in national and regional economic and social development; To become a university that enables students to develop comprehensively, makes faculty proud, receives high praise from society, and is widely recognized by the world. By the 100th anniversary of its founding, we will strive to build Jilin University into a world-class university with Chinese characteristics.
The school has a complete range of disciplines, with 48 teaching units covering 13 major disciplines including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, art, and interdisciplinary studies; There are 121 undergraduate enrollment majors, 49 first level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 6 first level discipline master's degree authorization points, 11 doctoral professional degree authorization points, 25 master's professional degree authorization points, and 8 emerging interdisciplinary degree authorization points; 48 postdoctoral research stations. The ESI rankings of 19 disciplines (fields) have entered the top 1% globally, with 5 disciplines ranking in the top 1 ‰ globally and 1 discipline ranking in the top 1 ‱ globally.
The school has a strong faculty, with 6283 full-time teachers, including 2444 professors. There are 12 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the CAE Member, 7 senior professors of philosophy and social sciences, 21 members of the discipline review panel of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, 530 national level talents of Jilin University, 174 talents of "Changbai Mountain Scholars" and "Changbai Talent Plan" of Jilin Province, and 1034 "Kuang Yaming/Tang Aoqing Scholars" of Jilin University.
The university now has 7 national key laboratories, 1 national major science and technology infrastructure, 1 national university science and technology park, 1 joint laboratory of the "the Belt and Road", 1 national engineering laboratory, 6 national and local joint engineering laboratories, 1 national engineering technology research center, 4 national international science and technology cooperation bases (international joint research centers), 1 national applied mathematics center, 1 national high-end think tank, 2 national 2011 collaborative innovation centers (core collaboration), 1 research base for building a strong sense of the Chinese national community, 1 national revolutionary cultural relics collaborative research center, 6 key research bases for humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, 1 philosophy and social science laboratory of the Ministry of Education, 18 key laboratories/research centers of the Ministry of Education, and education There are 2 international cooperation joint laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 4 collaborative innovation centers jointly built by the Ministry of Education, There is one field scientific observation and research station of the Ministry of Education, one innovation center for pharmaceutical basic research of the Ministry of Education, 25 key laboratories of other industry departments, and one laboratory in Jilin Province. The school has undertaken a large number of national and provincial-level scientific research projects, and has produced a number of high-tech achievements with good industrialization prospects and high technological content.
The school has established a complete high-level talent training system of bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. There are 75413 enrolled students (72112 full-time and 3301 part-time), including 151 preparatory students, 41939 undergraduate students, 22805 master's students (19974 full-time and 2831 part-time), 9661 doctoral students (9191 full-time and 470 part-time), and 853 international students.
The school focuses on cooperation with world-renowned universities and gradually improves its global cooperation network. Currently, it has established cooperative relationships with 313 universities and research institutions in 43 countries and regions. Among them, there are 50 ranked in the top 100 in the world and 76 ranked in the top 200. The school has collaborated with universities and research institutions from 19 countries to establish 49 Sino foreign cooperation platforms.
The school campus covers an area of 7.3458 million square meters (including 1.5035 million square meters for Zhuhai Research Institute), and the building area of the school buildings is 2.9261 million square meters. The school has a Zhuhai Research Institute located in Zhuhai City, covering an area of 1.5035 million square meters. The school library has a collection of 8.5919 million books, serving as the Northeast Regional Center of the China Higher Education Literature Security System (CALIS), a member library of the International Cooperation Program for University Digital Libraries (CADAL), and the Northeast Regional Center of the China Academic Humanities and Social Sciences Literature Center (CASHL).
In the process of building a world-class university, Jilin University will strive to make achievements in caring for the fate of the country and serving the national strategy, so as to satisfy the Party and the country; Make progress in shouldering social responsibilities and meeting the increasing demands of society for high-quality higher education, and satisfy the broad masses of the people; We have made achievements in adhering to the principle of putting people first and achieving the fundamental interests of teachers, students, and staff in maintaining and developing the school, so as to satisfy the majority of teachers, students, and staff.