Jilin University, located in Changchun City, Jilin Province, was founded in 1946. In 2000, Jilin University merged with the former Jilin University of Technology, the former Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences, the former Changchun University of Science and Technology, and Changchun Institute of Posts and Telecommunications. In 2004, the former University of Military Logistics also joined.
Jilin University offers a wide range of disciplines, including 43 colleges or schools, covering 13 academic categories: philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, military science, medical studies, management, and art. There are 129 undergraduate programs, 304 accredited postgraduate programs, 244 accredited doctoral programs, and 42 centers for post-doctoral studies, 47 first-class university and discipline construction projects.
Jilin University boasts outstanding faculties. There are 6,633 faculty members in total, among which there are 2,016 professors and 1,213 doctoral advisors. There are 28 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences or Chinese Academy of Engineering (including 18 adjunct members), seven senior professors of philosophical and social sciences, 20 members of the assessment group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, 34 involved in the “1000 Talents Project” and 7 in “10,000 Talents Project”, nine national-level outstanding teachers, five chief experts in research and construction projects of the Marxism theory in the central government, five chief scientists in the national “Program 973”, 13 young and middle-aged experts with a prominent contribution, 35 selected in the “Changjiang Scholars Program,” 32 winners of the “National Outstanding Youth Fund,” 16 winners of “National Excellent Youth Fund” and 65 selected in “Changbai Mountain Scholars” in Jilin Province.
Our university is now home to five state key labs, one national engineering laboratories, five national-local joint laboratories, one national engineering and technology research center, six humanities and social science key research bases of the Ministry of Education, 11 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education and 24 critical laboratories of other ministries.
We have established a high-level talent training system from bachelor-master-doctor degree. There are 69,587 full-time students, with 24,391 doctoral and postgraduate students, 43,646 undergraduate and college students, over 2,000 overseas students, and 193,883 students receiving adult education.
Founded in 1946, Jilin University was identified as a national research university by the Communist Party of China (CPC, hereafter) Committee in 1960. On June 12th, 2000, Jilin University amalgamated four other universities and colleges, namely the former the Jilin University of Technology, the former Norman Bethune Medical University, the former Changchun University of Science and Technology, and the former Changchun College of Posts and Communications. In 2004, the University of Military Logistics became another campus of Jilin University.
In the past decades, Jilin University has attracted many scholars home and abroad and nurtured many outstanding graduates who have made tremendous contributions to academic, economic, and social development. It has won an outstanding academic reputation and prestige, formed an excellent tradition and ethos, and established the spirit of Jilin University as seeking truth and virtues, being democratic and tolerant of differences, abiding by laws, and keeping pace with the times.
Jilin University aims at becoming a world-class university. Its motto, “Truth, Innovation, and Endeavor for Prosperity,” reveals this vision. With humanistic education as its principle, Jilin University takes on training innovative talents, conducting high-level research, providing service to society, and being a vanguard of cultural development. Jilin University aims to become a high-level research university, first-class in China and renowned internationally by 2020, an essential base for training highly qualified innovative talents, the transformation of high-level scientific research and achievements as well as introducing high-quality social service and advanced culture, also one that enables students to develop in an all-round way, makes faculties proud and widely recognized at home and abroad. We are determined to build Jilin University into a world-class university by its centennial.
