Located in Changchun City, Jilin Province, Changchun University is a provincial full-time comprehensive university. At present, this university has three campuses totally covering an area of 1020000 square meters. This university grew out of the former Changchun Industrial Accounting and Statistics Special School established in 1949 by the former Department of Industry of Northeast People’s Government. After that, the name of this school changed many times. In 1983, this school’s name was changed into Jilin Mechanical and Electrical Specialized School. In 1987, approved by the former State Education Commission, Changchun University was established by the merger of 4 schools which are the former Jilin University of Science and Technology, Jilin Mechanical and Electrical Specialized School, Changchun Foreign Language Specialized School and the Changchun Vocational University respectively. In August 2000, Changchun University incorporated the former Jilin Province Forestry School.
Over the years, Changchun University has been following the “Learning Oriented and Application Emphasized” philosophy of school running, actively promoting the school spirit whose core is “To be virtuous and kind-hearted, constantly strive to become stronger, and to pursue realism and advocate practice” and keep practicing the school motto “To integrate knowledge and behaviors, to be honest and kind” and is committed to construct a distinctive high-level regional key applied university, putting forth effort to provide talent and technology support for the state and regional economic construction and social development.