Yunnan

Yunnan University

Public university · Yunnan

UniversityFounded 1922
Yunnan University campus
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Yunnan University (YNU; 云南大学) is a provincial public university in Kunming, Yunnan, China.It is affiliated with the province of Yunnan, and co-funded by the Yunnan Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction. Founded in December 1922, Yunnan University started to enroll in April 1923. It began as a privately run institution called the "University of the Eastern Land" and its name has changed six times since then. Yunnan University has also been included on the list of the key national universities for the "China Western Development" program.

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Key facts

Type
Public university
Founded
1922
Students
19,872
Also known as
WDCM 1133, Yunda, Yunnan daxue