Jinan University
Guangzhou · Comprehensive
Top tier — Priority coverage — programs, tuition and English-taught options actively maintained; a full international admission profile is shown where available.
Guangzhou
Major city Metro Est. budget CNY 3,000–5,500 (USD 420–760) / month incl. dorm or shared flatThe historical gateway of China–Africa and China–Southeast Asia trade, Guangzhou mixes two thousand years of Cantonese merchant culture with a modern megacity of trade fairs and factories. Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology and Jinan University — the university built for overseas students — anchor a huge international student body. The Xiaobei district's African, Arab and South Asian trading community makes it, for many students from those regions, the most familiar city in China.
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English-taught programs (1)
| Program | Level | Tuition (official) | English req. |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBBS | Bachelor | CNY 45,000/yr * | IELTS 6.0 / TOEFL 80 |
* upper end of the published range — see the profile page for the official wording.
Academic strengths
China’s official discipline evaluation (MOE Degree Centre, 4th round, 2017): A+ ≈ top 2%, A ≈ top 2–5%. Methodology
All evaluated disciplines (30)
- Journalism A-
- Applied Economics B+
- Chinese Language & Literature B+
- Biology B+
- Business Administration B+
- Political Science B
- Chinese History B
- Computer Science B
- Chinese Materia Medica B
- Theoretical Economics B-
- Law B-
- Foreign Languages & Literatures B-
- Ecology B-
- Statistics B-
- Biomedical Engineering B-
- Basic Medicine B-
- Pharmacy B-
- Management Science & Engineering B-
- World History C+
- Mathematics C+
- Chemistry C+
- Mechanics C+
- Optical Engineering C+
- Environmental Engineering C+
- Food Science C+
- Clinical Medicine C+
- Integrative Medicine C+
- Public Administration C+
- Information & Communications Engineering C
- Materials Science & Engineering C-
What its badges mean
China’s elite university initiative (147 universities designated in the 2022 MOE list)
112 universities chosen in the 1990s for key national investment
Data sources: university international-admission pages (linked above), MOE Double First-Class list (2022), MOE Degree Centre discipline evaluation (2017). Figures marked as typical ranges are editorial estimates, dated — per-source verification in progress — full data notes.