
Linyi University is located in Linyi, Shandong, an ecological city famous for its history and culture in the waterfront area, which is entitled as a national civilized city. It is a comprehensive university that allows the coordinated development of multiple disciplines, with distinctive features. It was founded as an anti-Japanese military and political college in 1941, and underwent many times of removal and mergence, changing its name for several times, including multiple stages, such as the Binhai Jianguo College, Linyi No.1 Normal University, Linyi Teacher Further Education College, Linyi Education College, Linyi Normal Training College, Linyi Normal College, etc. The undergraduate phase disciplines were set up in 1998. In 2010, the university was approved by the Ministry of Education to change its name as Linyi University, and was recognized as an authorization unit of master's degrees. The floor area of the university is about 6000 mu. Branch campuses are set in Yishui and Feixian, with the total area of more than 1.14 million square meters. At present, the university has 26 colleges, 5 university-level scientific research institutions, 5 teaching auxiliary institutions, 5 subordinate agencies, 76 undergraduate majors and 11 discipline categories. Currently, there are 4 authorized first-level master disciplines, 11 authorized master degrees, recruiting students nationwide. There are more than 42000 full-time on-campus students and more than 2700 full-time teachers.
臨沂大學坐落在歷史文化名城、商貿物流之都、濱水生態之城、全國文明城市—山東省臨沂市,是一所多學科協調發展、特色鮮明的綜合性大學,前身是1941年建設的抗大式學校,后多次遷徙合并,校名幾度更迭,歷經濱海建國學院、臨沂第一師范、臨沂教師進修學校、臨沂教育學院、臨沂師專、臨沂師范學院等發展階段,1998年開始本科辦學,2010年經教育部批準更名為臨沂大學,2018年獲批碩士學位授權單位。學校占地約6000畝,在沂水、費縣設分校區,校舍面積114余萬平方米,現設有26個學院、5個校級科研機構、5個教輔機構和5個直屬機構, 76個本科專業,涵蓋11大學科門類。目前設有4個碩士授權一級學科、11個碩士專業學位授權類別,面向全國招生,全日制在校生42000多人,專任教師2700多人。