Linyi Normal University is a state-run, full-time undergraduate university, located in the beautiful Linyi City with convenient transportation and a comfortable environment. It was established in May 1941, and was one of the comparatively early higher education institutions. The Chairman of the University Council is Xu Tongwen, who holds a doctoral degree in economics, and the University President is Han Yanming, who holds a doctoral degree in education.
The university has a faculty of 2001 teachers, 1000 of whom with doctoral or master’s degrees. 685 have achieved titles of Full or Associate Professors. In addition, there are more than 300 part-time teachers and 53 foreign teachers. The university now has an enrollment of 34,455 full-time students, and this number has been among the top of Shandong provincial universities.
Linyi Normal University covers more than 7300 mu, of which the floor space is 1.1 million square meters. The university possesses all the necessary teaching equipment, and all the instructional and laboratory equipment is worth 256 million yuan (RMB). The library maintains a collection of 3.75 million paper copies of books.
The university now offers a total of 62 undergraduate degree programs which cover 9 scholarly disciplines: economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, and management.
The university has established cooperative relationships with higher education institutions from 28 countries including the U.S., the U.K., Russia, Korea, Japan, France, India, and Poland. LYTU and these international institutions collaborate on associate, undergraduate and master’s training programs, mutually recognize credits and courses, and exchange students. The university also hires teachers from the U.S. the U.K., Russia, Japan, Sweden, Australia, and the Philippines to teach foreign languages and work on the standardization of courses.