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Nanjing University

Nanjing University is located in the ancient capital of Jinling, a city with a magnificent spirit and a tiger stalking a dragon. It is a century-old school with a long history and an outstanding reputation. Its predecessor was Sanjiang Normal School, founded in 1902. Since then, it has gone through historical periods such as Liangjiang Normal School, Nanjing Higher Normal School, National Southeast University, Fourth Sun Yat-sen University, National Central University, and National Nanjing University. It was renamed Nanjing University in 1950. . In 1952, during the adjustment of colleges and departments across the country, Nanjing University adjusted its engineering, agronomy, and teacher training departments and merged with the Jinling University School of Liberal Arts and Sciences founded in 1888, and it was still named Nanjing University. The school site was moved from Sipailou to the original site of Gulou Jinda.


   In the course of running a school for more than a century, Nanjing University and its predecessor have breathed with the times and shared the destiny with the nation, seeking the prosperity of the country, seeking scientific progress, and making important contributions to the prosperity of the country and the revitalization of the nation. Especially since the reform and opening up, as a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, Nanjing University has radiated new vitality in new historical opportunities, maintaining a good development trend in various fields such as teaching, scientific research, and social services. Both indicators and comprehensive strength rank among the top universities in the country. In 1994, Nanjing University was identified as a key university supported by the national "Project 211"; in 1999, Nanjing University entered the first batch of high-level universities in the national "Project 985"; in 2006, the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Province signed a key agreement again The agreement to jointly build Nanjing University; in 2011, the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Province signed an agreement to continue to focus on the construction of Nanjing University; in 2016, Nanjing University was selected as the first batch of national demonstration bases for innovation and innovation; in 2017, Nanjing University was selected as a world-class university of category A Construction of the list of universities, 15 disciplines were selected into the list of world-class disciplines.


   Nanjing University currently has three campuses, Xianlin, Gulou, and Pukou. There are 29 directly affiliated schools and a total of 34,580 students of various types, including 13,196 undergraduates, 12,195 postgraduates, 6,036 doctoral students, and 3,153 foreign students. The school has 86 undergraduate majors, 24 professional master’s degree authorization points, 1 professional doctoral degree authorization point, 10 master degree authorization first-level disciplines, and 6 master degree authorization second-level discipline points (excluding first-level discipline coverage points) , 41 first-level disciplines authorized by doctoral degree, 2 second-level disciplines authorized by doctoral degree (excluding first-level discipline coverage points), 38 post-doctoral mobile stations, 12 national talent training bases; there are 8 first-level disciplines and national key disciplines There are 13 national key disciplines in secondary disciplines, 20 disciplines and key sequence disciplines in the second phase of the construction of superior disciplines in Jiangsu universities; 1 national laboratory (under preparation), 2 national-level 2011 collaborative innovation centers, national key 7 laboratories, 8 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 5 collaborative innovation centers of Jiangsu universities, 10 key (engineering) laboratories of Jiangsu Province, 1 national engineering technology research center, 1 national and local joint engineering research center, education 2 Ministry Engineering Centers, 1 Engineering Technology Research Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, 1 National Defense Key Discipline Laboratory of the National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Administration, 1 Key Laboratory of the State Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geographic Information, 10 Engineering Centers of Jiangsu Province, Humanities and Society of the Ministry of Education There are 4 key scientific research bases and 1 national high-end think tank construction and cultivation unit. The school has a high-quality faculty, including 29 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 4 academicians of the Third World Academy of Sciences, 1 academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and 1 academician of the Royal Canadian Academy of Sciences. There are 31 innovative talents in the Thousand Talents Program, 14 entrepreneurial talents, 4 candidates in the Thousand Talents Program for Foreign Experts, 10 scientific and technological innovation leaders in the “Ten Thousand Talents Program”, 3 leaders in philosophy and social sciences, and 100 2 leading talents in tens of millions of projects, 2 teaching teachers, 97 special professors and 25 chair professors in the "Changjiang Scholars Award Program" of the Ministry of Education, 117 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, 10 national-level teaching teachers, and Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council There are 22 members of the subject review group, 27 national-level young and middle-aged experts in science, technology, and management with outstanding contributions, and the chief of major projects such as the national key research and development plan, the national science and technology major project, the major scientific research plan, the "973 plan", the 863 plan, etc. There were 76 scientists, 113 people were selected in the "Thousand Talents Program for Youth", 8 top-notch young talents in the "Ten Thousand Talents Program", 238 people were selected in the "New Century Excellent Talents Support Program" of the Ministry of Education, and national level in the "Ten Thousand Talents Program" There are 34 candidates.


   Spring weather turns rain, peaches and plums are fragrant. In the past more than a century, Nanjing University has always adhered to the principle of educating people, and has cultivated and brought up many Chinese talents in various historical stages. They have made contributions and made outstanding achievements in their respective fields. Since the reform and opening up, Nanjing University has carried out many explorations in the reform of education and teaching, and formed many important educational thoughts and teaching concepts, which have had an important influence on the higher education circles at home and abroad. At present, Nanjing University has put forward the goal of "providing China's best undergraduate education", insisting on "discipline construction and undergraduate teaching, general education and personalized training, broadening the foundation and strengthening practice integration, learning to learn and learning to be a human being. "The concept of talent training" continuously deepens the reform of the innovative talent training mechanism, and actively cultivates future leading talents and top-notch innovative talents with innovative spirit, practical ability and international vision for all walks of life in the society.


   The predecessor of Nanjing University is "famous in science." The scientific spirit and tradition of learning from things and pursuing truth have always run through the development history of Nanjing University and become the most important feature of Nanjing University. Generations of Nantah people have been diligently seeking, climbing high and struggling, winning glory for the country, and benefiting the people, and a large number of outstanding scientific research results have emerged, and they are well-known in academic circles at home and abroad. Today Nanjing University takes "strengthening application, focusing on the foundation, developing the marginal, and promoting alliance" as its policy, "basic research oriented to the international academic frontier, applied research oriented to national strategic needs and the main battlefield of national economic construction, and is committed to solving major theories related to the national economy and the people's livelihood." "Harmony with practical problems" is the guiding ideology, adjust the layout of scientific research, strengthen scientific research organization, and improve the ability and level of original scientific research as a whole, and make Nanjing University an important scientific research center in my country.


   Since the establishment of the university at the beginning of the last century, Nanjing University has always been one of the most active Chinese universities in international exchanges and cooperation, and has established close cooperative relations with many first-class universities and high-level scientific research institutions in the world. Among them, the Nanjing University-Hopkins University Sino-American Cultural Research Center, which was founded in the 1980s, has been successfully held for 30 years. The cultural exchange business has cultivated many key talents and has had a huge impact at home and abroad. At present, Nantah University is vigorously promoting various wide-ranging and multi-channel international exchanges and cooperation under the new historical situation, and comprehensively improving the international level of running schools.


   At present, Nanjing University has opened a new century-old chapter in its school-running career. All Nantah people will always maintain a vigorous spirit and a plain work style, thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s instructions on "the first Nantah", focus on the development of connotation, highlight the characteristics of Nantah, and make Nanjing University into the world as soon as possible. First-class universities work hard and make greater contributions to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!