The University of Jinan (UJN; ; colloquially 济大, pinyin: Jǐdà), located in Jinan City, Shandong Province, China, is a key and comprehensive provincial university. Enrolling students from all over the world, it offers bachelor, master and doctor degree and enjoys the right to recommend postgraduates exempting admission examinations. History In 1948, the Shandong Institute of Building Materials, the predecessor of University of Jinan, was established in Zibo City, Shandong Province. In 1983, the Shandong Institute of Building Materials was approved to move to Jinan City, the capital of Shandong Province. In 2001 after the merger with three colleges, the Shandong Institute of Building Materials was officially renamed the University of Jinan and Shao Guifang, Vice Governor of Shandong Province, and Lü Fuyuan, Vice Minister of Education of China, unveiled the plage for it. Campus The university has three campuses, occupying an area of over 2.43 million square meters (3645 mu) and its total construction area is 1.02 million square meters. The value of fixed assets totals up to 2.14 billion yuan and teaching facilities are worth 370 million yuan. The library occupies an area of 63,000 square meters and is equipped with a digital system, an information searching system, with a collection of more than 4.6 million printed and electronic books, and 4,200 kinds of Chinese and foreign periodicals, and possesses 23,000 kinds of electronic journals. In addition, the campus network is connected with the China Education and Research Network (CERNET). Schools & Departments The University of Jinan has 24 schools, and 2 post-doctoral research center, there are 3 doctorates have been awarded first-level discipline, 26 doctorate has been awarded discipline, 20 master degree have been awarded first-level discipline and 144 master degree have been awarded discipline. There are 6 majors for masters and 92 majors for bachelors. There are ten kinds of major specialties including Economics, Law, Education, Literature, History, Science, Technology, Medicine, Management, art, etc. There are 35916 full-time undergraduates, postgraduates and foreign students. Discipline Diligence, Rigorousness, Unity, and Creativity. Emblem The emblem was designed with the Chinese character "济" (meaning the city of Jinan) written in the seal calligraphic style in vogue during the Qin Dynasty at the center. It is a pictograph of a boat on water showing Jinan geographical cultures-water and UJN spirit-cooperating by riding the same boat. The colours are red for passion, green for youth, and blue for the breadth, which is in