济南大学是山东省人民政府和教育部共建的综合性大学、山东省重点建设大学，具有学士、硕士、博士学位授予权。

学校始建于1948年，建校70多年来，学校铭记“弘毅、博学、求真、至善”的校训，传承“勤奋、严谨、团结、创新”的校风，发扬“艰苦奋斗、凝心聚力、追求卓越”的精神，为国家建设和经济社会发展培养了大批优秀人才，近33万名校友遍布海内外。

学校现设26个学院，拥有3个博士后科研流动站、5个一级学科博士学位授权点、24个一级学科硕士学位授权点、22个硕士专业学位培养类别、80个本科专业。学科专业涵盖经济学、法学、教育学、文学、历史学、理学、工学、医学、管理学和艺术学等10个门类。全日制在校本科生、研究生、国际学生38000余人。

学校现有专任教师2145人，其中教授356人，副教授774人，具有博士学位的1196人，国家杰出青年科学基金获得者3人，国家万人计划2人，国家百千万人才工程1人，国务院学位委员会学科评议组成员1人，教育部教学指导委员会委员10人，国家优秀青年科学基金获得者2人，教育部新世纪优秀人才支持计划3人，泰山学者攀登计划人选1人，泰山学者特聘教授、海外特聘专家17人，泰山学者青年专家11人，国家和省部级有突出贡献专家23人，享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家24人，国家教学名师1人，国家级教学团队1个，省级教学名师12人，省级优秀教学团队6个。

学校建有省部级以上重点学科及研究平台72个，其中省部共建协同创新中心1个、教育部工程研究中心1个、国家“高等学校学科创新引智计划”（“111计划”）引智基地1个，教育部国别与区域研究基地2个、国家专利导航项目研究和推广中心1个、“山东省一流学科”立项建设学科4个、培育建设学科1个。省级协同创新中心6个，省级重点学科14个、“十三五”山东省文化艺术重点学科3个、省级重点实验室及省部级科研平台3个、“十三五”省高校重点实验室7个、省级人文社科研究基地11个，省级工程技术研究中心、工程实验室和工业设计中心17个。

学校入选全国首批深化创新创业教育改革示范高校,建有国家级特色专业4个，国家卓越工程师教育培养计划依托专业6个，工程教育认证专业4个，山东省品牌特色专业16个，山东省高水平应用型专业（群）9个，山东省教育服务新旧动能转换专业对接产业项目立项专业（群）5个，山东省校企共建专业9个；国家级精品课程5门，国家级双语示范课2门，国家级精品视频公开课2门，国家级精品资源共享课立项5门，山东省一流课程27门，山东省精品课程53门；国家级实验教学示范中心1个，首批国家虚拟仿真实验教学项目1个，山东省实验教学示范中心5个。近年来，主持国家级教研教改课题22项，教育部首批“新工科”研究与实践项目1项，省部级课题240项，获国家教学成果二等奖3项，省部级教学研究成果奖75项，主编国家级规划教材9部；在“挑战杯”全国大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛、“创青春”全国大学生创业大赛、“互联网+”全国大学生创新创业竞赛、全国大学生数学建模竞赛等各项活动中，共获得省部级以上奖励6315项，其中国家一等奖235项、二等奖480项。获得中国青少年科技创新奖2项，小平科技创新团队1个。

近年来，学校共承担国家科技支撑计划、国家“973计划”、“863计划”、国家重点研发计划、国家自然科学基金、国家社会科学基金等国家级科研课题547项，省部级项目1210项；获得省部级以上科研奖励249项，其中获国家技术发明二等奖2项，国家科学技术进步二等奖2项；高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖（人文社科）三等奖5项；入选《国家哲学社会科学成果文库》1项；获得国家发明专利2357项；学术论文被SCI、EI、SSCI、CSSCI收录8531篇，化学、材料科学、临床医学、工程学四个学科进入全球ESI前1%。出版专著、译著和教材260余部。主办《中国粉体技术》、《济南大学学报》等2种学术期刊。

学校坚持开放式办学理念，积极扩大与国（境）外教育机构的合作与交流，通过学者互访、学术交流、合作办学等多种方式与美、英、德、法、加、澳、俄、日、韩、新等国家的98所高校建立校际合作关系，与台港澳地区的20所高校建立友好学校关系。

学校校园占地243万平方米，校舍建筑面积104万余平方米，固定资产总值29.3亿元，教学科研仪器设备总值5.7亿元。图书馆建筑面积6.3万平方米，藏书及电子文献800余万册，中、外文现刊4200余种，电子期刊30000余种。

学校的中长期发展目标是建设创新性、国际化、有特色的世界高水平大学。

University of Jinan is a key and comprehensive university in Shandong Province and is also entitled a distinctive institution of higher learning which is committed to producing applied-talented students. Enrolling students from all over China, it offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs and enjoys the right to recommend postgraduates exempting admission examinations.

Since its foundation, the University of Jinan has adhered firmly to its motto of "Magnanimity and Perseverance, Erudition, and Pursuit of Truth and Excellence" and its educational philosophy of "Diligence, Rigorousness, Unity, and Creativity". In addition, the University of Jinan carries forward the spirit of "being industrious, keeping pace with the times, and pursuing excellence". Nowadays, University of Jinan has become an important base of talent training for local and regional economic development, and more than 220,000 students have graduated from the University of Jinan.

University of Jinan has 26 schools, and 3 post-doctoral research center, there are 5 doctorates have been awarded first-level discipline, 24 master degree have been awarded first-level discipline and 80 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.

The university boasts 2145 full-time teaching staff, of which 356 are professors, 774 are associate professors, 1196 faculties who have earned doctoral degrees. There are 2 academicians who are members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2 persons who is selected in National Talents Project, 7 experts who are members of the National Education Instruction Committee of the Ministry of Education, 2 professors who are elected in New Century Talents Project Supported by Ministry of Education. One teacher is awarded the honor of National Renowned Teacher and one team is selected as national excellent teaching team. 4 scholars are selected in the Taishan Scholar Climbing Plan and 20 distinguished professors are prestigiously titled Taishan Scholars. 41 are awarded the honor of outstanding experts at the provincial level and national level and 70 staff members enjoy special allowance of Chinese State Council. There are 12 Shandong Provincial Renowned Teacher and 6 Shandong Provincial Excellent Teaching Teams.

There are 72 key disciplines and research bases at the national or provincial level. In addition, there is one key national laboratory managed by the Shandong Provincial Government and one engineering research center under the Chinese Ministry of Education. Further, there are 14 key provincial discipline bases, 10 key provincial level laboratories, 4 key laboratories funded by the Shandong "Twelfth-Five-Year Plan", 8 social science research bases approved by the Shandong Provincial Government, and 14 provincial-level engineering research centers.

The University has established 4 national-level distinctive specialties, 5 national-level quality courses, 2 national-level exemplary bilingual courses, 2 national-level quality public audio and video courses, 6 specialties training for Outstanding Engineers, 16 provincial-level distinct specialties, 9 specialties jointly supported by the school and enterprise, 53 provincial-level top-grade courses and 5 provincial-level experimental teaching centers. In recent years, the faculties have undertaken 6 national teaching and research projects and 55 provincial projects, published 8 textbooks guided by China, and won 3 national "Teaching Achievements" awards and 75 provincial "Teaching and Research Achievements" awards. In addition, the University has successively won a wide variety of honors for innovation and creativity, such as the "Challenge Cup" Extracurricular and Academic Contest, and China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling. The students have won 3133 provincial or national awards, of which 48 are first prizes and 125 are second prizes at the national level.

In recent years, the university has undertaken 347 national research projects including funds from the National Science and Technology Support Program, 973 project program, 863 project program, and support from the Natural Science Foundation of China, and Social Science Foundation of China, and 814 provincial projects. The University has won 238 national and provincial prizes for research achievements, one second prize of National Award for Technological Invention and 3 second prizes of National Award for Science and Technology Progress, and obtained 666 national patents. 4799 papers were indexed by SCI, EI or ISTP. 214 academic works, translations or textbooks were published. Eight journals are currently sponsored by the University of Jinan, including "China Powder Science and Technology", "Chinese Journal of Cancer Prevention and Treatment", and "Journal of University of Jinan".

The University of Jinan has promoted policies of opening-up and internationalization. The university has been actively developing relationships with foreign counterparts by means of visiting scholar programs, academic exchange, and international cooperation and exchange programs and agreements. Up to now, University of Jinan has established international cooperative relationships with 74 foreign counterparts. The universities and institutions are in countries including the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Canada, Australia, Russia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and etc. University of Jinan has established international cooperative relationships with 13 universities in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions.

The campuses in the University of Jinan cover an area of over 2.43 million square meters and its total construction area is 1.02 million square meters. The value of fixed assets totals up to 2.14 billion yuan (RMB) and teaching facilities are worth 370 million yuan (RMB). The construction area of the university library is 63,000 square meters, with a collection of more than 4.6 million printed and electronic books, 4,200 kinds of Chinese and foreign periodicals and possesses 23,000 kinds of electronic journals as well.

The long-term planning of University of Jinan is to build a innovative, open, and characteristic high-level university.