Linyi University profile is as follows:

Linyi University (Linyi University), referred to as LYU, is located in Linyi City, Shandong Province; it is a comprehensive university under the province of Shandong Province, the National Development and Reform Commission "integration of industry and education" project. "

The school was founded in 1941, and the first branch of the Resistance University and the Chinese *** Binhai Local Committee *** with the creation of the Binhai Founding College in the same lineage, and then many times moved and merged, through the Binhai Public School, the first teacher training in Linyi, Linyi Institute of Education, Linyi Teacher Training Institute and other stages of development, approved by the Ministry of Education renamed in 2010 to the University of Linyi.

As of May 2023, the university covers an area of about 6,000 mu, with branch campuses in Yishui and Feixian, a campus area of more than 1,160,000 square meters, a total value of 4.8 billion yuan of fixed assets, 579 million yuan of teaching and research instruments and equipment, a collection of more than 4,920,000 volumes of paper literature, and 70 Chinese and foreign language databases.

There are 24 colleges, 5 university-level research institutes, 5 auxiliary institutes and 4 directly-affiliated institutes, with 76 undergraduate majors and 16 specialized majors covering 11 major disciplines; Chemistry, Engineering, and Plant and Animal Sciences are among the top 1% of disciplines in the global ESI rankings.

With five master's degree authorized first-level disciplines and 11 master's degree authorized categories; there are 2,841 faculty members and more than 45,000 full-time students, including 780 master's degree students and more than 150 international students.?

In June 1966, in order to meet the needs of the "two education systems", the Shandong Provincial Department of Education, with the consent of the Provincial People's Committee, decided to set up a half-work, half-study teacher training college in Linyi, with the site located in the northern part of Feixian City. The school has just begun to build, the Cultural Revolution began, the school is in a state of stagnation.