Hainan University is a comprehensive key university formed by a merger with the former South China University of Tropical Agriculture in August 2007. Hainan University’s 36 schools now host over 42,000 full-time students, including over 33,000 undergraduates, 7,000 master’s students, 800 doctoral students, and 300 international students. Its full-time faculty members number more than 2,500, and include 1,300 teachers with senior professional titles and 1,300 teachers with doctoral degrees. HNU has been joined by high-level talents such as jointly-appointed academicians, Changjiang Scholars, outstanding youth, and leading talents of the Ten Thousand Talents Program.

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