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Shantou University (STU), located in Shantou, Guangdong, founded in 1981 with the approval of the National State Council, is a comprehensive university under the jurisdiction of the Guangdong Province and co-developed by the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Li Ka Shing Foundation.
STU is the first Higher Education Institutional Reform Experiment Demonstration University in Guangdong and the only public university in the world that is constantly subsidized by a private foundation, i.e., the Li Ka Shing Foundation. Currently, the campus covers a total area of 1 ,990.20 mu and a total built area of 570,100 square meters.
