__NOTOC__ Jinshi () was the highest degree offered by the ancient Chinese Imperial Examination.

Jinshi can also refer to:

History of Jin or Jin Shi, a 14th-century history book on the Jurchen Jin dynasty

Places Jinshi (), in Yilan City, Yilan County, Taiwan Jinshi City (), a county-level city in Changde, Hunan Jinshi Lake (), a lake in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Towns Jinshi, Guangdong (), in Chao'an District, Chaozhou, Guangdong Jinshi, Lianyuan (), in Lianyuan, Hunan Jinshi, Xiangxiang (), in Xiangxiang, Hunan Jinshi, Xinning County (), in Xinning County, Hunan Jinshi, Dazhou (), in Tongchuan District, Dazhou, Sichuan Jinshi, Santai County (), in Santai County, Sichuan

Townships Jinshi Township, Hunan (), in Xiangtan County, Hunan Jinshi Township, Jiangxi (), in Suichuan County, Jiangxi

Other uses Jinshi (The Apothecary Diaries), the male lead of a series of novels written by Hyūganatsu Tiến sĩ, meaning 'doctoral degree'. See Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary.