Shantou University University, located in Shantou City, Guangdong Province, is a comprehensive university in Chaoshan area of Guangdong Province. It is a University of 211 Project Construction in Guangdong Province and a key discipline construction University of high-level university in Guangdong Province. It has been selected into the "excellent engineer education and training plan" and "excellent doctor education and training plan" of the Ministry of education, the teacher-student exchange plan between Hong Kong universities and mainland universities, and the national construction of high-level university It is a member unit of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance, and an experimental demonstration school of higher education system and mechanism reform in Guangdong Province The Provincial University jointly built by the foundation is also the only public university in the world continuously funded by the Li Ka Shing Foundation, a private foundation.On August 26, 1981, Shantou University was established, and Marshal Ye Jianying was named. In 1983, it began to recruit undergraduates. In September, Shantou Medical College was merged into Shantou University Medical College. In 1993, he obtained the right to confer master's degree. In 1998, he was granted the right to confer doctoral degree. In June 2012, Shantou University was jointly built by the Ministry of education, Guangdong Provincial People's government and Li Ka Shing Foundation. In 2017, the Guangdong Israel Institute of technology, established by Shantou University and Israel Institute of technology, enrolled students for the first time. In June 2018, the joint virology Institute of Shantou University and the University of Hong Kong was officially inaugurated.According to may 2019, the school has two campuses, namely the school headquarters and the medical college, covering an area of 1991.55 Mu and a building area of 570100 square meters. The school of medicine has five affiliated hospitals and five trusteeship hospitals, and cooperates with the Chinese University of Hong Kong to train undergraduate and postgraduate students. For the country (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) to recruit doctors, masters and undergraduates. There are 12942 full-time students. There are 1718277 books and 3376184 e-books.