Jilin University

Jilin University (JLU), founded in 1946, located in Changchun, Jilin Province, China has 6,420 outstanding faculty members supporting its mission of research, teaching, and scholarship, offers 71,955 students a strong academic challenge in their undergraduate, master’s and doctorate study through teaching and research excellence. 

JLU is a merger of six universities. On June 12th, 2000, the former Jilin University, Jilin University of Technology, Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences, Changchun University of Science and Technology, and Changchun Institute of Posts and Telecommunications merged into the current Jilin University. On August 29th, 2004, the former University of Military Logistics also joined Jilin University.

Led by its global strategy: Student-centered, Research-oriented and Service Glocal, as one of the largest and most comprehensive universities in China, selected as Category A in China’s “Double world-class initiative”, JLU undertakes the responsibility in educating talents, leading most-needed research, transferring and applying education and research benefit in helping Northeast China become more resilient and revitalized, more sustainable, healthy and smart.

Jilin University has developed partnerships with 302 universities and scientific research institutions from 40 countries or regions and has established 40 International cooperative platforms with higher education and scientific research institutions from 12 countries, including University of Michigan from U.S.A., the University of Queensland from Australia, University of Groningen from the Netherlands and Lomonosov Moscow State University from Russia, etc. JLU is committed to providing students with overseas learning opportunities through 75 dual degree programs with many world-leading universities, encompassing a wide range of disciplinary categories, including chemistry, materials sciences, electronic science and engineering, life sciences, business, law, etc.

By virtue of the above guidance and mechanism, the progression of JLU global strategy proves to be efficient in enhancing the schools, scholars and students’ global understanding and their intercultural communication competence, increasing JLU’s international profile with extended global impact.

Facts and Figures

• 6,420 Faculty
• 71,955 Students
• 139 Bachelor Degree Programs
• 96 Master Degree Programs
• 57 Doctoral Degree Programs
• 7 campuses dispersed in 6 districts of Changchun, Jilin Province and 1 in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province,
• 4 affiliated hospitals with more than 11,700 beds in total
• 52 schools and colleges and research institutes

9 Faculties

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

• School of Philosophy and Sociology
• College of Humanities
• School of Archaeology
• College of Foreign Languages
• College of Arts
• College of Physical Education
• School of Foreign Language Education

Faculty of Social Sciences

• School of Economics
• School of Law
• College of Public Administration
• School of Business
• School of Marxism Studies
• College of Northeast Asian Studies
• School of International and Public Affairs

Faculty of Sciences

• School of Mathematics
• College of Physics
• College of Chemistry
• School of Life Sciences

Faculty of Engineering

• School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• College of Automotive Engineering
• College of Materials Science and Engineering
• College of Transportation
• College of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• School of Management
• College of Food Science and Engineering

Faculty of Information Sciences

• College of Electronic Science and Engineering
• College of Communications Engineering
• College of Computer Science and Technology
• College of Software

Faculty of Earth Sciences

• College of Earth Sciences
• College of Geo-Exploration Science and Technology
• College of Construction Engineering
• College of New Energy and Environment
• College of Instrumentation and Electrical Engineering

Faculty of Medical Sciences

• College of Basic Medical Sciences
• School of Public Health
• School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• School of Nursing
• The First Hospital Affiliated to Jilin University
• The Second Hospital Affiliated to Jilin University
• The Third Hospital Affiliated to Jilin University
• Hospital of Stomatolgoy

Faculty of Agriculture

• College of Veterinary Medicine
• College of Plant Science
• College of Animal Science

Faculty of Frontier Interdisciplinary Studies

• School of Artificial Intelligence

13 Disciplinary Categories:

• Philosophy
• Economics
• Law
• Education
• Literature
• History
• Science
• Engineering
• Agriculture
• Medicine
• Management
• Arts
• Emerging interdisciplinary disciplines

18 disciplinary categories rank top 1% in ESI, including Chemistry, Materials Science, Physics, Clinical Medicine, Biology & Biochemistry, Engineering, Geosciences, Molecular Biology Genetics, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Neuroscience & Behavior, Immunology, Agricultural Sciences, Microbiology, Environment/Ecology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Plant & Animal Science, Social Sciences, General, among which Chemistry and Materials Science rank top 1‰.

5 State Key Laboratories of China:

• Joint Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics,
• Laboratory of Superhard Materials,
• Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control,
• Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry,
• Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials;

1 State Engineering Laboratory of China:

• National Engineering Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine,

1 State Engineering Technology Research Center of China:

• National Geophysical Exploration Equipment Engineering Research Center,

6 Humanities and Social Science Key Research Centers of the Ministry of Education:

• Center for Northeast Asian Studies,
• Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archeology,
• Center for Quantitative Economics,
• Center for Jurisprudence Research,
• China Center for Public Sector Economy Research
• Center for Fundamentals of Philosophy.

12 Key Laboratories of the Ministry of Education of China

• Laboratory of symbolic computation and knowledge Engineering
• Laboratory of Molecular Enzyme and Engineering
• Laboratory of Bionic Engineering
• Laboratory of Automobile Materials
• Laboratory of Pathobiology
• Laboratory of Geo-Exploration Instrumentation
• Laboratory of Evolution of Past Life and Environment in Northeast Asia
• Laboratory of Zoonosis
• Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment
• Laboratory of New Battery Physics and Technology
• Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Transplantation
• Laboratory of NC Equipment Reliability

JLU’s excellence today comes not just from “what” we do, but also “how” we do it. JLU global strategy has effectively enabled us to fulfill its mission, empower society, inspire its graduates to develop independently with high self-efficacy, and apply their skills to solve world problems in multicultural, international contexts across disciplinary boundaries with curiosity, critical thinking and creativity.