Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology is a national "double first-class" construction university, and a Class A construction university in Jiangsu's high-level university construction peak plan. The school was born to serve the national strategy of New China and the needs of national economic construction. In 1960, the School of Meteorology of Nanjing University (the predecessor of the school) was established under the former Central (Military Commission) Meteorological Bureau. In 1963, it was independently established as the Nanjing Meteorology Institute. In 1978, it was listed as a National Key Universities. In 2000, it was transferred to the People's Government of Jiangsu Province. In 2004, it was renamed as Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. Since 2007, the school has realized the joint construction of the People's Government of Jiangsu Province, the China Meteorological Administration, the Ministry of Education, the State Oceanic Administration and other parties. Currently, it is a central and local jointly built university mainly managed by Jiangsu Province.
The school adheres to the excellent school spirit of "hard work, simplicity, diligence, pursuit of truth, and constant self-improvement", adheres to the school motto of "being moral, material, and self reliant", adheres to talent cultivation as the center, and is guided by cultivating top-notch elite talents, innovative and entrepreneurial talents, and international talents. It continuously deepens education and teaching reform, and constructs a distinctive talent cultivation system. The school achieved "excellence" in the evaluation of undergraduate teaching work by the Ministry of Education, won the first prize of the National Education and Teaching Achievement Award, and was selected as a national demonstration school for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, one of the top 50 universities with typical experience in innovation and entrepreneurship in 2019, and a national level maker space. The students won the gold medal of China's "Internet plus" Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, the grand prize of the "Challenge Cup" National Undergraduate Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition, the grand prize of the Mathematical Contest in Modeling, the first prize of the China Postgraduate Electronic Design Competition and many other top prizes in the competition. The winning rate of students participating in provincial-level or above discipline competitions reaches over 50%, ranking 55th on the national college student competition list. In the past three years, there have been 614 awards in graduate competitions at or above the provincial level, of which 251 have been awarded at the national level. The implementation rate of undergraduate graduation destination is over 95%, and the enrollment rate (including going abroad) is over 42%. Since its establishment, the school has trained over 200000 graduates of various types. Among its alumni, a group of outstanding talents have emerged, including academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, leaders of ministries and commissions, executives of state-owned enterprises, strategic experts, and officials of international organizations. Many alumni have become business backbone and research elites in the meteorological industry in China and even the world. The school is known as the "cradle of meteorological talents".#studyinchina