Nanjing University
Nanjing University ,a top university in China since it’s founding in 1902 , is located in Nanjing , a beautiful city on the bank of Yangtze River and at the foot of the Purple Mountain, a place that is rich in history and culture.
The origins of Nanjing University can be traced back to the Sanjiang Normal School established by Zhang Zhidong, one of the pioneers of modern China, and the University of Nankin established in 1888 by American missionaries.
From its early years, the university has been a center of learning and research combining the traditions of Chinese academies with openness to advanced technology and culture.
Its primary goal is to cultivate talented people who can contribute to the world. Faithful to the school motto: integrity, grandeur, diligence and perseverance, the university has nurtured generations of graduates who are truthful, honest, hard-working and aspiring of in their life and work.
Prominent scholars such as Wu Youxun, Yan Jici, Zhao Zhongyao, Lv Shuxiang and Wu jianxiong studied at Nanjing University. Li Siguang, Wu Xiaoshi, Tao Xingzhi, Zhu Kezhen, Mao Yisheng and Xu Beihong once taught here. Nobel laureate in literature Pearl S.Buck wrote a prize-winning book ‘’The good earth” during her ten years’ teaching at the University of Nankin. With its rich descriptions, this book helped the world know more about China. John Rabe, a German friend of Chinese people saved thousands of Chinese refugees in this campus during China’s war against Japanese invasion. His diaries are proof of his humanitarian spirits and efforts. The designer of the flag of new China was inspired here. Six pioneering scientists of China’s nuclear science and space technology were alumni of Nanjing University.
In 1978, Hu Fuming, a lecturer of Philosophy Department of Nanjing University published the article ‘practice is the only criterion for testing truth’. This article unveiled China’s opening up and reform and heralded an age of great change and development.
Science then, six alumni became academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences
and Chinese Academy of Engineering, the largest number any university in China has produced.
So far over two hundred scholars or graduates from Nanjing University have joined the ranks of two academies.
Nanjing University, one of the most prestigious universities in China have three beautiful campuses: Gu Lou, Pu Kou and Xian Lin. The university consists of 25 schools and 71 departments and offers multidisciplinary programs in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, technology, engineering, and management to over 28 thousand students. The university is a cradle for future leaders with a global vision and innovative spirit.
Nanjing University has produced 7 winners of the American Presidential Award and 117 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund Award, ranking first among Chinese universities. These figures are remarkable examples among the two hundred thousand alumni of Nanjing University enjoy inspiring intellectual environment and supportive mentoring systems.
Many graduates of the university later say their years in Nanjing University were among the best years of their life. The university provides first-rate facilities for teaching, research and learning.
The Xianlin Campus, which opened in 2009 and occupied an area of over 200 hectares, was gradually becoming the main campus of Nanjing University.
