Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

Not to be confused with Nanjing University, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, or Nanjing University of Technology.

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
南京信息工程大学

Former names	Nanjing Institute of Meteorology
Type	Public university
Established	1960
Location	Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
Website	www.nuist.edu.cn/

Nanjing Meteorological Institute (南京气象学院旧门)

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST; Chinese: 南京信息工程大学; pinyin: Nánjīng Xìnxī Gōngchéng Dàxué), colloquially Nan Xin Da (Chinese: 南信大; pinyin: Nánxìndà), formerly the Meteorology College of Nanjing University, was established in 1960 by the China Meteorological Administration, then changed the name into Nanjing Institute of Meteorology in May, 1963. NUIST is the oldest institution of higher learning of meteorology science in China.

The administration of NUIST was handed over from China Meteorological Administration to Jiangsu province in February, 2000. Its present name of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST) was adopted in May, 2004 with authorization by Jiangsu Government and the Ministry of Education of PRC.

NUIST offers Associate, Bachelor, Master and Doctorate degree programs in areas including Atmospheric Science, Information Science and Technology, Environmental Science, Engineering, management, literature, economics, laws and agriculture.

At Autumn 2013 more than 200 foreign students from 43 countries were studying at NUIST.

External Partnership

The university has established with Yale University, University of Maryland, University of Wisconsin, University of Detroit, University of Edinburgh, University of Reading, University of Toronto, University of Hamburg, Germany, Ireland, Waterford Institute of Technology, Queensland University of Technology (48 famous universities etc.) a partnership of scientific research and personnel training, exchange of visiting scholars and students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate departments. The school has the scholarships from Chinese government, Hanban, the Jiangsu province to recruit students. In 2009, the school was founded the "Confucius class" in Bahamas, and it became the fourth Confucius class that Jiangsu Province has found in overseas universities, in 2011, "Confucius class" successfully upgraded to "Confucius Institute". The school has a "World Meteorological Organization Regional Training Center", which has trained more than 1,600 meteorological technicians and managers for 134 countries and regions, and successfully hosted the Tenth World Meteorological Organization Conference of Education and Training and the third session of " quantitative precipitation estimation and forecasting " international conference . In 2010, the World Meteorological Organization Executive Council session on 62 certificates in recognition of the important contribution of the school to make the international meteorological training.

Colleges and departments

Binjiang College
College of Adult Education
College of English Department
Technical College for Professional Training
Reading Academy
Yue Jiang Academy
Foreign Languages Department
Institute of International Education (for foreign students)
Department of Atmospheric Science
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Department of Applied Meteorological Science
Department of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Technology
Department of Electronic Engineering
Department of Law
Department of Public Administration
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
Department of Economics and Trade
Department of Spatial Information Science
Department of Information Management
Department of Information and Communications Technologies
Department of Chinese Language and Literature
Department of Resource, Environment and City-rural Planning

Scholarships and awards

NUIST offers many types of scholarships for local and international students. It is one of the only two universities to offer the Chinese Government Scholarship-WMO Program.^[1] This is a specialized scholarship offered to students of meteorology or related fields. The only other university offering this scholarship is Hohai University.

References

↑ "Chinese Government Scholarship-WMO program". China Scholarship Council. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

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Coordinates: 32°12′26″N 118°43′18″E / 32.20722°N 118.72167°E / 32.20722; 118.72167

Nanjing Central University-originated schools and universities (NCUOSU)

Nanjing	Nanjing University Southeast University Hohai University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing University of Technology Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

Jiangsu	Jiangsu University Jiangnan University

Shanghai	Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Fudan University Shanghai Medical College Shanghai Institute of Physical Education East China University of Political Science and Law

Taiwan	National Central University

Other	Fourth Military Medical University Northwestern Polytechnical University University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chongqing Medical University

Related	Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing College for Population Programme Management Nanjing Institute of Physical Education Nanjing University of Arts China Central Academy of Fine Arts High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University

Universities and colleges in Jiangsu

National	Nanjing University Ω Southeast University Ω Hohai University Ω Nanjing University of Science and Technology Ω Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ω Nanjing Agricultural University Ω China Pharmaceutical University Ω China University of Mining and Technology Ω Jiangnan University Nanjing Audit University Ω

Provincial	Xuzhou Medical College Jiangsu Normal University Yangzhou University Soochow University Jiangsu University Jiangsu Polytechnic University Jinling Institute of Technology Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing Medical University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing University of Finance & Economics Ω Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Nanjing University of Technology Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications Suzhou Medical College

Private	Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

See also: List of universities in China

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