Linyi University

临沂大学
Type	Public
Established	1941
President	Han Yanming
Academic staff	2,000
Students	around 34,500
Location	Linyi , Shandong ,  People's Republic of China
Website	Linyi University

Linyi University (LYU, simplified Chinese: 临沂大学; traditional Chinese: 臨沂大學; pinyin: Línyí Dàxué) is a public university based in Lanshan district of Linyi, Shandong province, China. It offers studies in 62 different undergraduate degrees, organized among nine major disciplines: Economics, Law, Education, Literature, History, Science, Engineering, Agriculture and Management.

History

The predecessor school of Linyi University, Seaside High School of the Military and Political College (军政干部学院滨海中学), was founded in 1941. It was one of the first universities in Shandong, taking the name of Linyi University in 1958. Yet the institution was transformed into a teachers school just one year later. Through the following decades it kept the profile of an institution for teachers education, and was known as Linyi Normal University (临沂师范学院) after 1999. The college was awarded with name change in 2010 by Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China.