Jinan University

Overview

Jinan University

Jinan University (JNU) is a public research university in Tianhe, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Established in 1906, it is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the country, which started its early years as the final years of China’s last dynasty, the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), which was drawing to a close. It is the first Chinese institution to accept foreign students and is presently the university with the biggest population of international students in China. It is a “Project 211” key university and is classified as a “Double First-Class University."

Jinan University Key Statistics

JNU comprises 27 colleges and schools that are divided into 59 departments offering 89 undergraduate programs, 43 postgraduate programs, and 19 doctorate programs. Some of these schools and colleges include the Shenzhen Tourism College, the School of Translation Studies, the College of Chinese Language and Culture, the College of Information Science and Technology, and the International School.

Some of its most sought-after courses locally and internationally include Chinese language and literature, journalism and communication science, engineering science, and pharmaceutical science.

Jinan University has a student population of 50,535, composed of 22,527 undergraduates and 10,767 postgraduates. It has 1,917 academic personnel and five campuses, with the main campus located in Tianhe District.

The other Jinan University key statistics include its 57 regional alumni associations spread across the world and academic agreements with over 180 research centers and universities in Oceania, EU, the Americas, and Asia.

Jinan University Research

JNU is a leading research university in China, with several local and national research bases such as in the areas of teaching Chinese as a foreign language, cultural quality education, Chinese language and literature, and national humanity and social sciences. It also has 77 laboratories, 182 research institutes, and 15 postdoctoral research stations.

Some of its top research topics based on published works are chemistry, materials science, and biology. Jinan University researchers have attended major international conventions and symposia such as the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, the International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Systems, and the IEEE International Conference on Computer and Communications.

The most cited Jinan University research output is Yu et al.’s (2012) “clusterProfiler: An R Package for comparing biological themes among gene clusters.” This was published in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology and has been cited 6,026 times. The second most cited JNU publication is Liu et al.’s (2008) “Polysaccharides-based nanoparticles as drug delivery systems,” which was featured in the Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, with 1,609 citations. Further, the university’s third most cited work is Wang et al.’s (2013) “Clopidogrel with aspirin in acute minor stroke or transient ischemic attack,” which was published in The New England Journal of Medicine and has been cited 1,217 times to date.

Some of its research centers, institutes, and laboratories include the Institute of Economic and Social Research, the Institute of Nanophotonics, the Overseas Chinese Education Research Institute, the Biological Material Key Laboratory, and the Organ Transplant and Immunization Center Laboratory.