Jilin University's Automotive Application Engineering is a key major of the school, and it is very good for employment. The school also holds interviews with large companies, which can better help students find employment.

Jilin University is a national key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, located in Changchun City, Jilin Province.

The school was founded in 1946 and was listed as a national key university in 1960. In 1984, it became one of the first 22 universities to establish a graduate school. In 1995, it was among the first batch of universities to be approved by the National Education Commission’s “211 Project”.

In 2001, it was included in the "985 Project" as a national key university. In 2004, it was approved as a school directly managed by the central government. In 2017, it was selected as a national first-class university.

In 2000, the original Jilin University, Jilin University of Technology, Bethune Medical University, Changchun University of Science and Technology, and Changchun Institute of Posts and Telecommunications merged to form the new Jilin University.

In 2004, the former Chinese People's Liberation Army Military Supplies University was transferred and merged into the university.

Faculty: The school has a strong faculty, with 6,420 teachers, including 2,397 professors.

There are 11 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 7 senior professors of philosophy and social sciences, 54 external outstanding professors, 19 members of the Discipline Evaluation Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, 49 candidates for the “Ten Thousand People Plan”, and 8 national-level distinguished teachers.

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There are 33 experts selected for the National “Hundreds and Thousands of Talents Project”, 37 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, 41 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, and 89 winners of Jilin Province’s “Changbai Mountain Scholars”.