Nanjing University has a big group of competitive disciplines with renowned faculty. Its influence has been increasing internationally.
In the third round of the review of first-level disciplines by the Degree Center of the Ministry of Education in 2002, the university had:
3 first-level disciplines ranked the first in the country
9 first-level disciplines ranked the third
16 first-level disciplines ranked the fifth
By the end of December 2014, the university had 12 disciplines entered the top 1% of the ESI globally, among which chemistry and material science were among the first 100 best disciplines in the world.
At present, the university has:
40 first-level disciplines that are authorized to confer doctoral degrees
1 professional discipline that is authorized to confer doctoral degrees
23 professional discipline that is authorized to confer master’s degrees
8 first-level disciplines that are state key disciplines
13 second-level disciplines that are state key disciplines
6 disciplines that are state key developing disciplines
19 disciplines that are supported by the first-phase program of the construction of competitive disciplines of Jiangsu’s colleges and universities
18 first-level disciplines that are Jiangsu provincial key disciplines
With laboratories and research centers, the university has:
1 state laboratory (under construction)
7 state key laboratories
8 Ministry-of-Education key laboratories
8 Jiangsu provincial key laboratories
1 national engineering technology research center
14 engineering centers at the provincial/ministerial level
13 talents nurturing bases of national basic disciplines
1 national talents nurturing base for life sciences and technology
4 Ministry-of-Education key research centers of humanities and social sciences
about 100 interdisciplinary research centers
All these disciplines and research platforms facilitate the graduate education at Nanjing University.
Nanjing University has a large faculty of scholars renowned at home and abroad. It has:
727 doctorate supervisors
28 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
4 academicians of the Third World Academy of Sciences
1 academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 academician of the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada
90 Distinguished Professors of “Cheung Kong Scholars Program” by the Ministry of Education
25 lecture professors
101 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
36 leading scientists of the National 973 Program and Major Scientific Research Programs
19 members of the discipline appraisal groups of the State Council
10 nationally well-known teachers
These scholars are leading their graduate students to the cutting-edge research of the world with their assiduous scholarly attitude and active academic thoughts.
