About HAINU

Hainan University was founded in 1958 and it is the best university in Hainan province. As one of the national "211 Project" comprehensive universities, Hainan University is striving to become one of the best universities in China as well as in the world.

The university runs three campuses, namely Haidian, Chengxi, and Danzhou. Its main campus is located on Haidian Island of Haikou, the capital city of Hainan Province. The Haidian Campus is nestled along the coast of the South China Sea. The fragrant tropical flora help create a beautiful tropical environment and it is an ideal place for learning, teaching and research. Danzhou Campus, located in Danzhou City, west of Hainan Province is well-known as "The hometown of poetry" in China. Chengxi Campus is located in the west of Haikou. The total area of the three campuses covers 741 acres. The University library contains more than 3,035,000 books on different subjects, among which 1,970,000 are paper back, while the other 1,065,000 are electronic.

The university has a high-level faculty of 1,450, including over 820 professors and associate professors, and offers 8 categories of disciplines in philosophy,economics, law, literature, natural sciences,agriculture,engineering,and management. The above categories then fall into 4 major academic schools: School of Tropical Agriculture and Life Science Engineering,School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, School of Humanities, School of Social Sciences. The university has 20 colleges and provides 70 undergraduate programs, 130 postgraduate programs and 34 Ph. D programs.

Hainan University is actively carrying out its open teaching and research strategy and striving to develop an all-round, multilevel, and transregional new vista for academic exchange and cooperation with the world at large.


First of all, the university has established intercollegiate relations with 80 well-known institutions of higher learning in more than 20 countries and regions including the UK, Canada, the USA, France, Singapore, Russia, and Taiwan. In view of this, academic exchange and multifacet cooperation have become mutually rewarding and beneficial. In the past three years, as many as 215 excellent students have been sent to study abroad. Secondly, this university strives to provide high quality education for international students. As one of the "211 Project" universities accredited by the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China, the university is entitled to recruit international students and is designated as one of the bases of Chinese education for international students by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. So far more than 3,000 international students from over 30 countries and regions have completed their studies here. Currently, there are about 180 international students on campus, one third of whom are studying undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

Finally, over the past five years, the university has sponsored a faculty of 680 to study abroad or undertake cooperative academic research in more than 80 good universities of 20 countries and regions, which has effectively enhanced the teachers' ability in teaching and research.

Hainan University extends warmest welcome to international students who wish to study at HU.