Hainan University

North gate of the Hainan University Haidian campus [Photo/hainu.edu.cn]

Having merged with the South China University of Tropical Agriculture and the former Hainan University in August 2007, the present Hainan University is a key comprehensive university at provincial-level as well as a university jointly sponsored by the Hainan people's government and the Ministry of Education. It is one of the "211 Project" key universities.

The university runs three campuses, the Haidian campus, the Chengxi campus, and the Danzhou campus. Its main campus is located on Haidian Island of Haikou, the capital city of Hainan province. The total area of the three campuses is approximately 336.66 hectares. There are 2,442 faculty members, with 1,674 full-time teaching staff and 984 senior lecturers. The total number of enrolled students is 40,737.

Campus view of Hainan University [Photo/hainu.edu.cn]

Hainan University has four characteristic qualities: its tropical location, its proximity to the ocean, its role in a special economic zone and the area's tourism. It offers nine categories of disciplines in philosophy, economics, law, literature, natural sciences, agriculture, engineering and management. The university has four major academic schools including 21 colleges, and hosts two national level key disciplines, and 16 provincial and ministerial level key disciplines. There are 74 undergraduate programs, 21 postgraduate programs of first-level disciplines and five doctorate programs.

Hainan University has established interschool cooperation relationships with over 80 well-known universities in over 20 countries. It has invited hundreds of famous scholars and professors for teaching and academic communication, like Zhores I. Alferov, Nobel laureate in physics. Meantime, teachers and managerial staff are sent to overseas universities for learning and development.        

Overseas students of Hainan University pose for a photo after a provincial-level international student mandarin and talent competition. [Photo/hainu.edu.cn]

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