The Institute of Private Higher Education is the theoretical research department of JISU dedicated to the national education system reform initiative, exploring the Non-Profit Private School Model. Its main research areas include the study of non-profit private university models and the policy and legal research of private higher education. The institute comprises the Jilin Provincial Characteristic New University Think Tank (Research Center for the Development Strategy of Private Higher Education), the Jilin Provincial Key Research Base for Humanities and Social Sciences (Research Center for Private Higher Education), and the Jilin Provincial University Innovation Team (Research and Practice of Non-Profit Private University Models). At present, the institute has become one of the influential and uniquely positioned research institutions in the field of private higher education research in China.