Universities

Hainan University, formed in 2007 through the merger of two institutions, is a provincial-level comprehensive university jointly supported by the Hainan Provincial Government and the Ministry of Education. Its three campuses—Haidian (the main campus on Haidian Island in Haikou), Chengxi, and Danzhou—span around 830 acres across tropical southern China. The university hosts over 37,000 students and employs more than 2,400 faculty members, including nearly 1,600 full-time teaching staff. It organises studies across nine disciplinary categories, with distinctive strengths in tropical agriculture, marine science, and regional development linked to Hainan’s geography and administrative status. Four academic schools oversee 21 colleges, and the university maintains national and provincial research platforms, including a co-managed key laboratory and doctoral programmes across multiple disciplines.