Nanjing Tech University


Nanjing Tech University, colloquially known as Nan Gong Da, is a university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. The university specializes in engineering. English language courses are compulsory.

History

Nanjing Tech University has a history of more than one hundred years as a cradle of education. It is a key institution of higher learning to be constructed in Jiangsu Province, and one of the first group of institutions of higher learning approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education for the training of "Excellent Engineers". Nanjing University of Technology was established by merging the former Nanjing University of Chemical Technology and the former Nanjing Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering in May 2001. The origin of Nanjing University of Chemical Technology can be traced back to Sanjiang Normal School established in 1902, which later changed to be National Central University in 1928 and Nanjing University in 1949, whose engineering departments formed Nanjing Institute of Technology by merging related engineering departments of several other universities in 1952 and then the chemical engineering department became Nanjing College of Chemical Technology in 1958 and renamed Nanjing University of Chemical Technology in 1995, and the origin of Nanjing Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering was formerly the Department of Mechanics of Tongji Medical and Engineering School established in 1915. Nanjing University of Technology became a comprehensive university with engineering as its focus.
At the beginning of 2014, Nanjing University of Technology was renamed Nanjing Tech University.

Programs and facts

Today, Nanjing University of Technology consists of two campuses, one in Mofan Road, and the other one in Jiangpu, covering a total area of 4000 mu. The University has 26 colleges, and close to 30,000 students including over-seas students, undergraduates, and master's degree and PhD candidates. It has 5 post-PhD stations, 35 PhD programs, 107 master's degree programs, 19 programs for Master of Engineering, and 80 undergraduate programs. And it has also become a university comprising eight branches of learning, namely, engineering, science, management, economics, liberal arts, law, philosophy, and medicine.

Staffs and research

With a long history and a good tradition in education, Nanjing University of Technology boasts a good number of prominent and learned scholars. Of the 2,800 employees with the University's faculty and staffs, there are more than 900 full professors and associate professors, including 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Science, 3 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2 outstanding professional technical talents, 2 chair professors of Chang Jiang Scholars Program of the Ministry of Education, 7 scientists-in-chief for the "National Key Development Program in Fundamental Research", 7 chair professors of the “Thousand Talents Plan”, 1 member of the expert committee for 863 Program, 7 winners of National Outstanding Youth Fund and 4 national distinguished teachers.
Nanjing University of Technology has a strong contingent engaging in scientific research. In recent years, the University has undertaken 5,000 scientific research projects, including those of the 973 Program, the 863 Program, and the State Natural Science Foundation. A great number of its scientific achievements have won more than 100 awards at national, ministerial and provincial levels since the '11th Five-Year-Plan', including 3 Second National Awards for Scientific Progress and Technological Innovation, and 3 Second National Awards for Technical Innovation.

Schools and faculties

Today, Nanjing Tech University consists of two campuses, one in Mofan Road, and the other one in Jiangpu, covering a total area of 4000 mu. The main campus, Jiangpu, is located in Jiangpu District, north of Nanjing City and east of ZhuJiang Town.
The University has 26 colleges, 70 disciplines and close to 30,000 students including over-seas students, undergraduates, and master's degree and PhD candidates. The university offers undergraduate, Masters, and Doctoral degrees. It has 5 post-PhD stations, 35 disciplines for PhD programs, 107 master's degree programs, 19 programs for Master of Engineering, and 80 undergraduate programs. And it has also become a university comprising eight branches of learning, namely, engineering, science, management, economics, liberal arts, law, philosophy, and medicine. The university employs 2,800 teachers and staff. The university employs foreign teachers for language instruction.

Notable alumni