Why Study at Hohai University, China
Hohai University was established in 1915, is a state key university under the direct administration of Ministry of Education of China. It is a comprehensive university with research and study of water conservancy as its main focus, education of engineering subjects as its first priority, and coordinated development of many disciplines covering engineering, science, economics, management, liberal arts, and law. It is also among the group of universities to benefit from Project 211. Located in Nanjing, the capital city of ancient China, Hohai University includes other two beautiful campuses, Changzhou and Jiangning. Hohai University is an ideal place to study with its beautiful scenery and tree-lined campus. Hohai University is one of the first universities in China qualified to award bachelor, master and doctor degrees to international students.
(1). History
The history of Hohai University can be traced back to Hohai Civil Engineering School, which was established by ZhangJian, and it was the first institution focusing on research and education of water conservancy in China. Hohai Civil Engineering School was founded in 1915 and was merged with the Department of Engineering of Southeast University into Hohai College of Engineering in 1924 and later incorporated the Fourth Zhongshan University in 1927 and became the Department of Water Resources, Central University in 1928. With the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, it became the Department of Water Resources, Nanjing University. In 1952 the Departments of Water Conservancy, Hydrology, and Water Resources of Nanjing University, Jiaotong University, Tongji University, Zhejiang University and the East China Engineering Schoolof Water Resources were merged into the East China Technical University of Water Resources. It was renamed Hohai University in 1985, and Mr. Deng Xiaoping inscribed the name of the University.
(2). Discipline and programs
Hohai University is a state key university under the direct administration of Ministry of Education of China. It is a comprehensive university with research and study of water conservancy as its main task, education of engineering subjects as its first priority, and coordinated development of many other disciplines covering engineering, science, economics, management, liberal arts, and law. It is also among the group of universities to benefit from Project 211. Currently, Hohai University offers 52 undergraduate majors, and 198 master degree programs, and 66 doctoral programs. Among these, there is a first-level class key discipline--Hydrology, Hydraulic Engineering, designated by Chinese government and 7 are designated as second–level class key disciplines. In addition, 4 disciplines are recognized as first-level class key disciplines at the provincial level, and 9 as second–level class key disciplines.
(3). Academic facilities and Scientific research
Located in Nanjing, the capital city of ancient China, Hohai University includes two other beautiful campuses, Changzhou and Jiangning, taking up an area of about 1,533,333 m2. Hohai University is an ideal place to study with its beautiful scenery and tree-lined campus. Hohai University has 10 key laboratories, 7 national engineering research centers above provincial and ministerial level. Among them, Hydrology, Hydraulic Engineering, and Civil Engineering related disciplines are among the top ones in China, it is especially true with the former. Hohai University has a current enrollment of more than 50,000 full-time students
(4). Hohai University Achievement
In recent years, the university also has conducted many research projects from the key infrastructure construction in water conservancy and hydropower engineering throughout the nation, such as Three Gorges, South-North Water Transfer, Xiaolangdi, Yangtze Estuary channel regulation project, the Huaihe River sea-outfall project, Ertan, Xiluodu, Longtan, Nanjing Metro, Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, Shan-Fen expressway, Nanjing Second Changjiang River Bridge, Runyang Bridge. Etc. Some research achievements, reaching the international advanced level, have been awarded more than 20 national science and technology prizes and 265 provincial science and technology prizes. The faculty in the university is noted for its excellence, vitality and diversity, for example, 2 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 6 as the member of the National Thousand Leading Scientist Program, 5 eminent professors and 1 professional lecturer under the Yangtze scholarship, 3 achieved National Teaching Masters Award, 6 awarded the Outstanding Young Scientist Fund, 14 selected as young and middle-aged leading scientists above provincial and ministerial level, 8 faculty members entitled National Talent in the ‘New Century Baiqianwan Talent Program’, 15 winners of Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of Ministry of Education,75 as leading scientists in the ‘333 High-Level Talent Training Program’ of Jiangsu Province, 95 nominated as leading academic scholars in ‘Qinglan Program’ of Jiangsu Province, 6 achieved Jiangsu Teaching Masters Award.
(5). Communication and international cooperation
Hohai University has extensive ties with other universities and research institutes, and is one of the first universities in China qualified to award bachelor, master and doctor degrees to international students, and it also has conducted exchanges or other kinds of collaborative activities with more than 70 universities and research institutes from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, Germany, Holland, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong. Thousands of international students from over 90 countries in Africa, Asia, America, Europe, and Oceania have completed their studies in Hohai University. To encourage high-caliber international students to study at Hohai, the University established Hohai Scholarship for International Students in 2005.
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