Situated in the capital city of Nanjing, Hohai University (HHU) has a one-hundred-year-long history and enjoys high prestige.As a key comprehensive university under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Education, HHU has upgraded itself with good momentum of development inhydraulic engineering and water resources as its main focus, education of engineering subjects as its first priority, and coordinated development of a wide array of disciplines covering engineering, sciences, economics, management, liberal arts and law, ranking among China’s top universities in its teaching indexes and overall strength. Nowadays, HHU offers 12 post-doctorate programs, 66 Ph.D programs, 198 Master’s programs, 18 Engineering Master’s programs and the MBA program, and 54 undergraduate programs. In 2017, the discipline of Hydraulic Engineering and Environment Engineering were selected into the construction of “Double First-Rate” Discipline Plan.
At present, HHU has 3 campuses: Xikang Road Campus, Jiangning Campus, and Changzhou Campus respectively in Nanjing and Changzhou cities, with the total building area of 1720,625 square metres. With 20 schools under the university’s direct supervision, the number of the students is 51,272 in total, including 19,853 undergraduates, 16,439 master and doctoral students, and738 international students (by June , 2017).
There are 3423 staff members, including 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1174 professors and associate professors, and 435 supervisors of Ph.D. students, as well as 15 academicians employed as part-time professors and tutors for Ph.D. students. HHU has one state key research center and one state key laboratory--- “State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering”; “State Key Engineering Research Center of Efficient Utilization of Water Resources and Engineering Safety”.
Hohai University is among the first batch of state-authorizing universities to award bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees to foreign students. The University has received students from over 100 countries and regions, most of whom have become senior experts, scholars and officials in their home countries.Hohai University is proactively seeking international cooperation opportunities to integrate quality resources both home and abroad. It has established connections with over 70 institutions around the world and is conducting programs including joint training, mutual credit recognition, short-term student and teacher exchanges, fellowships and other academic visits.The International School is committed to the management and service of international students, overseas studies, short-term exchanges and education of Chinese language and culture.
Hohai University carries out the LMC Water Resources Senior Professionals Talents Program (LMC Program). Lancang-Mekong program forms a new pattern of international talents training with close cooperation among universities, governments and enterprises, to train senior professionals at Lancang-Mekong water resources as its goal, definitely adopting "integrated development, assimilation cultivation, standardized management" as the main mode; it establishes the cooperation platform of "university + government (domestic and foreign)+ enterprise (domestic and foreign)", the supporting platform of the dual quality system of "student quality + cultivation quality" and the platform to promote the four educational modules of "China's conditions education + Lancang-Mekong characteristic education + professional theory education + practical training education"; and it has realized the education concept of shaping international students’ comprehensive quality of "Devotion+ Perspective + Knowledge + Ability". In 2020, the program enrolled 25 postgraduate students from Lancang-Mekong countries, of which 27 have graduated. Since 2017, Hohai University has trained 109 postgraduate students and 200 international students from the Mekong countries based on the program,published 6 textbooks, carried out more than 30 large-scale activities, and set up 12 International Students' Practice Bases. The program has been featured by People's Daily, CGTN, China Water Resources News etc..