There are many special features that Jinan University can be proud of : one of the oldest universities in China and one of the “211” key national universities in China the 1st university in China that recruits foreign students the 1st university in China that enrolls students at both spring and autumn semesters the 1st university that pioneered the implementation of credit system in China the university with the largest number of overseas students the only university that finds her alumni in both Chinese and foreign state-level leaders in China...... The University has 25 colleges, comprising 55 departments and offering 86 undergraduate major fields. There are 15 post-doctorial research stations, 170 research institutes and 84 labs in Jinan University. The university has 4 national key disciplines, 14 Guangdong Province Level-I key disciplines, and 20 Guangdong Province Level-II key disciplines. The university also has a key research base of national humanity & social sciences, a teaching & research base for Chinese language & literature of the Education Ministry, a base for national university cultural quality education, a base of national base for teaching Chinese as a foreign language, an educational base for overseas Chinese education of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and a key research base of humanity & social science of Guangdong Province. Still, the university has 1 national engineering center, 12 ministerial centers (engineering centers of the Ministry of Education) and provincial centers, and 13 key ministerial and provincial key laboratories. The four campuses of Jinan University locate in three cities, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai. And a new campus is being built in Guangzhou. The four campuses cover a total area of 1,695,200m². The total floor area of the buildings of the four campus cover is 1,076,700 m², and that of student dormitories is 259,000 m². The University has 16 affiliated hospitals with altogether 11,426 sick beds. The staff of the 16 hospitals totals 14,187. JinanUniversity has been active at academic exchanges, and has established academic cooperation or academic exchange liaison with more than 180 universities and research institutes in Asia,America, Europe, and Oceania.