吉林大学是教育部直属的全国重点综合性大学，坐落在吉林省长春市。学校始建于1946年，1960年被列为国家重点大学，1984年成为首批建立研究生院的22所大学之一，1995年首批通过国家教委“211工程”审批，2001年被列入“985工程”国家重点建设的大学，2017年入选国家一流大学建设高校（A类）。

Jilin University is a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, located in Changchun, Jilin Province. Founded in 1946, the university was listed as a national key university in 1960, one of the first 22 universities to establish graduate schools in 1984, among the first batch approved by the State Education Commission for the "211 Project" in 1995, included in the "985 Project" for national key construction in 2001, and selected as a national first-class university construction institution (Class A) in 2017.

学校学科门类齐全，涵盖哲学、经济学、法学、教育学、文学、历史学、理学、工学、农学、医学、管理学、艺术学、交叉学科等13大学科门类；有本科专业140个，一级学科硕士学位授权点63个，一级学科博士学位授权点48个，博士后科研流动站44个；有一级学科国家重点学科4个（覆盖17个二级学科），二级学科国家重点学科15个，国家重点（培育）学科4个。

The university offers a complete range of disciplines, covering 13 disciplines including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, art, and interdisciplinary studies. It has 140 undergraduate programs, 63 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points, 48 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, and 44 post-doctoral research stations. There are 4 national key disciplines at the first level (covering 17 second-level disciplines), 15 national key disciplines at the second level, and 4 national key (cultivation) disciplines.