About YBU

Yanbian University（YBU）was founded in 1949, stands as an example of the earliest universities established by the Communist Party of China in ethnic minority regions. Located in Yanji and Hunchun City of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province, which enjoys the reputation of "Hometown of Education", it is a university included in the national "Double - First - Class" initiative, a key university in the national "211 Project", a key - construction institution in the Western Development Program, a university jointly supported by the People's Government of Jilin Province and the Ministry of Education, and a university jointly supported by the People's Government of Jilin Province and the State Ethnic Affairs Commission.

YBU adheres to the motto of "Seeking Truth, Pursuing Excellence, and Integration" and the ethos of "Self - Improvement, Harmony , and Innovation". It carries forward the fine educational traditions of "Pioneer Spirit and Progressive Innovation, Cultural Heritage with Distinctive Excellence, Ethnic Unity through Collaborative Teaching and Learning, Open Engagement and Multilateral Collaboration."It deeply implements the new strategies and measures for the university's transformation and development, and continuously promotes the high - quality development of the university with an emphasis on its connotation.

YBU covers an area of 1.4 million square meters, with a building area of 800,000 square meters. Its library boasts a collection of over 2.01 million volumes of various paper - based books. YBU now possesses 17 colleges and 74 undergraduate majors. There are 10 first - level disciplines authorized to confer doctoral degrees, 31 first - level disciplines authorized to confer master's degrees, 24 categories of master's professional degrees, and 5 self - established interdisciplinary programs. There are also 5 post - doctoral research stations, 1 post - doctoral research workstation, and 7 post - graduate workstations in Jilin Province. In 2017 and 2022, the foreign language and literature discipline was included in the national "Double - First - Class" construction disciplines. In addition, YBU has 1 national key discipline, 14 high - level characteristic disciplines in Jilin Province, 3 key disciplines of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, 2 key disciplines of the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and 3 disciplines ranked in the top 1% of ESI.

YBU currently has 29,581 full - time students (including 6,570 doctoral and master's students, 21,682 undergraduates, and 1,053 junior college students), and 64 international students from 16 countries. YBU has established 70 scientific research institutions at or above the provincial - ministerial level, including the Engineering Research Center for Beef Cattle Science and Technology Innovation in Northeast Cold Region of the Ministry of Education, the Key Research Base for Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education - the Center for Korean Studies, the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for the Study of Natural Medicines in Changbai Mountain, and the Key Laboratory for the Deep - Processing Innovation of High - Quality Beef with Yanbian Characteristics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. It actively builds the two major international academic forum brands of the Tumen River Forum and the Changbai Mountain Forum. In the past three years, YBU has undertaken 600 major and key projects and fund projects at all levels, including national and provincial - level projects, and has published 4,000 academic papers.

YBU adheres to the internationalization strategy and has established cooperative and exchange relations with 246 institutions, research institutions, or international academic organizations in 14 countries and regions. It steadily develops the education of international students and has obtained the qualification to receive "Chinese Government Scholarship - supported International Students" from the Ministry of Education. It strengthens the construction of the "Yanbian University Center for Chinese - Foreign Language and Culture Exchange and Cooperation". It has successively established inter - school relations with world - renowned universities such as Far Eastern Federal University in Russia, Meiji University in Japan, Seoul National University in South Korea, Kim II - sung University in North Korea, Stockholm University in Sweden, and Boise State University in the United States. Nearly 1,000 experts and scholars exchange and visit annually.

YBU always guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, adheres to the main line of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, firmly seizes the major opportunities of the "Double - First - Class" and "Dual - Characteristic" university construction in the country and Jilin Province, focuses on the goal and task of achieving a new breakthrough in the comprehensive revitalization of Jilin first, comprehensively strengthens the Party's leadership, undertake the crucial task for clarity of establishing morality and cultivating people, and makes unremitting efforts to build a first - class domestic, internationally - renowned, and high - level university with distinct characteristics.