Jinan University
Public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with University of Jinan or National Chi Nan University.
Ji'nan University (/dʒiː'nan/; Chinese: 暨南大学; pinyin: Jì'nán Dàxué; JNU) is a public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is affiliated with the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee.[3] The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction and Project 211.[4][5]
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暨南大学 | |||||||||||||||
Former names | Ji'nan Academy, Ji'nan School, National Ji'nan University | ||||||||||||||
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Motto | 忠信笃敬[1] | ||||||||||||||
Motto in English | loyalty, sincerity, integrity and respect[2] | ||||||||||||||
Type | National | ||||||||||||||
Established | Established 1906; 118 years ago (1906) Reestablished 1958; 66 years ago (1958) | ||||||||||||||
Chairman | Wan Gang | ||||||||||||||
President | Song Xianzhong (宋献中) | ||||||||||||||
Party Secretary | Lin Rupeng (林如鹏) | ||||||||||||||
Academic staff | 1917 | ||||||||||||||
Students | 50,535 | ||||||||||||||
Undergraduates | 22,527 | ||||||||||||||
Postgraduates | 10,767 | ||||||||||||||
Location | , , China | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | JNU | ||||||||||||||
Affiliations | Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance (GHMUA) | ||||||||||||||
Website | english | ||||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 暨南大学 | ||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 暨南大學 | ||||||||||||||
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"Ji'nan" literally means "reaching southward," indicating the university's original mission to disseminate Chinese learning and culture from North to South when it was founded in 1906 in Nanjing. It is the first Chinese university to recruit foreign students and one of the universities with the largest number of international students in China.[4]