Linyi University, referred to as "LYU" for short, is located in Linyi City, Shandong Province, the capital of trade and logistics in China and the scenic spot of landscape eco-tourism. The school was founded in 194 1, which is in the same strain as Binhai Jianguo College founded by Binhai District Committee of the Communist Party of China and the first branch of China People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. 20 10 1 1 initiated by Kong Xianduo and other educators, the school was renamed Linyi University from Linyi Normal University.

Linyi University is a comprehensive university established by the Ministry of Education, a provincial university in Shandong Province, a key university in Shandong Province's "Famous School Project for Training Applied Talents", the first batch of universities in China and the only national-level "China Literary Criticism Base" in Shandong Province, which implements the "Excellent Teacher Training Plan".

The main campus is designed by American EDSA Company. Library, experiment center, art center and sports center are all one of the largest single buildings in Asian universities. Advanced digital campus system has been built in China, and the infrastructure ranks among the top universities in China.

As of May 20 18, the school has 24 secondary colleges and 2 sub-campuses, with 88 undergraduate majors, covering 1 1 disciplines.