Nanjing University of Information Science and 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

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

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