• Founded in 1946, merged with the former Jilin University of Technology, Bethune Medical University, Changchun University of Science and Technology and Changchun College of Posts and Communications in 2000, and with the former University of Military Logisitics in 2004;
• One of the key research universities directly under the Ministry of Education; ranking among top 10 in China and top 500 in the world;
• Strongly supported by state key projects such as “211” and “985”;
• Offering disciplines covering all the 12 categories, with 122 undergraduate, 285 Master’s, 195 doctoral and 30 post-doc programs;
• State key disciplines 32;
• National Engineering Laboratory 1;
• State key laboratories 6;

• Faculty – 6428, including

1281 full professors
1487 associate professors
803 doctoral advisors
16 members of Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 members of Chinese Academy of Engineering

• Student Population – 60067, highest in China, including

19614 in master’s and doctoral programs
40453 in undergraduate programs

Institute of zoonosis, Jilin University

Institute of zoonosis at Jilin University, established on January 5, 2006, is the first specialized organization to study zoonosis in China. Currently the institute has four research units and one core facility center consisting of 8 research groups.The research activities of the institute are focusing on zoonotic diseases caused mainly by viral, bacterial and parasitic pathogens. In close association with the Preventive Veterinary Medicine, a National Key Discipline, the Laboratory is one of the first institutions in China that are qualified for PhD training in zoonosis.

Currently the Key Laboratory is composed of 50 staff scientists including an academician in virology, 30 professors, 6 associate professors, 3 lecturers, three senior technicians, 10 research assistants. Of whom, one professor serves as the committee member in the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council, 3 professors were awarded with the prestigious National Distinguished Young Scientist Grant. The present superintendent is Professor Mingyuan Liu.