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34-530: Nanking Higher Normal School (1915–1923) National Southeastern University (1921–1927) National Central University (1928–1949) National Nanking University (1949–1952) Urban: Medical Dingjiaqiao Campus Southeast University ( SEU ) is a public university in Nanjing , Jiangsu , China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China . The university is part of Project 211 , Project 985 , and

68-917: A number of name changes, such as Nanjing Higher Normal School, National Southeastern University and currently, National Central University. It was based in Nanking , but after the Chinese Communist Party took control of the mainland in 1949, the National Central University was re-established in Taiwan in 1962, as the National Central University Graduate Institute of Geophysics , in Miaoli County . The university's original site under communist control has since became part of

102-593: Is located near Yushan National Park , in the southern part of Taiwan . NCU consists of eight colleges: Earth Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering, Hakka Studies, Health Science and Technology, Liberal Arts, Science, and Management. Each college houses numerous research centers, such as the Center for Space & Remote Sensing Research, Hazard Mitigation & Prevention, Taiwan Economic Development, Biotechnology & Biomedical Engineering, and several boutique-style humanities centers. In total,

136-1256: Is one of 32 universities directly administered by the Chinese Department of Education, which are considered the top class universities in China. The university has 16,000 undergraduate students and 10,000 graduate students in over 30 schools and departments. The admission to SEU is very competitive. Normally the university enrolls top 2% high school students from nationwide to its undergraduate programs, and top 5% undergraduate students to its graduate program. Most students are recruited by engineering or some big schools such as School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Energy & Environmental Engineering, School of Information Science & Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, School of Computer Science & Engineering, School of Economics & Management, as well as School of Transportation Engineering. The rest students are enrolled by some smaller schools and departments like School of Automation, School of Electronic Science, and Department of Physics. There are about 5,600 faculty members in Southeast University. Among all

170-855: Is the flagship campus that is inherited from National Central University . It is located at 2 Sipailou, Nanjing , China. In 1988, Pukou Campus which located in Pukou Campus across the Yangtze River was opened as another site mainly for the education of first and second year students ( freshman and sophomores ). However, in 2008 Pukou Campus was separated from Southeast University and was then acquired by Cheng Xian Institute . In 2001, SEU acquired three other colleges in Nanjing. They are: Nanjing Railway Medical College , Nanjing College of Advanced Transportation , as well as Nanjing Advanced School of Geology. Nanjing Railway Medical College became

204-490: The Double First-Class Construction . Its precursor, Sanjiang Teachers College, was established in 1902 as a modern university on the campus of an academy which dates back to 258. In 1921, the school changed its name to National Southeast University and became the second national university in China, and in 1928 was renamed to National Central University , the nation's flagship university. After

238-748: The Nationalist government lost Nanjing to the Chinese Communist Party during the Chinese Civil War , the university was renamed as National Nanking University in August 1949. It was renamed Southeast University in May 1988. The Imperial Nanjing School , the highest educational institution of kingdom, as the predecessor, was founded in CE 258 in the period of the Three Kingdoms . At the end of

272-657: The People's Liberation Army occupied Nanjing and the Nanjing Military Committee took over National Central University . On 8 August 1949, National Central University was renamed as National Nanjing University, and then Nanjing University in October 1950. In 1952, the People's Republic of China began a national adjustment of its colleges. In Nanjing, the adjustment was mainly on Nanjing University and University of Nanking . Nanjing Institute of Technology

306-666: The School of Medicine at Southeast University after it merged with SEU. The medical school is located in Dingjiaqiao. In 2005, when Jiulonghu Campus, located in Jiangning District , was founded, the authority of Pukou Campus was transferred to the Chengxian College of Southeast University. Most of the undergraduate students and master students are studying at Jiulonghu Campus currently. After Jiulonghu Campus

340-735: The University System of Taiwan cooperative partnership. Now NCU is a research-oriented national comprehensive university. The university's Taoyuan City campus is situated in the northern part of the island, about 45 minutes from the capital Taipei . The large, green hilltop campus, is some distance away from the busy downtown Zhongli. NCU campus is only 30 minutes away from the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE), which makes it very convenient for international travel. NCU Lulin Observatory

374-638: The 19th century, under the domination of the Qing dynasty , the Chinese society was under the situation of domestic trouble and foreign invasion. 1901, the Qing government began to reform under this situation, and in 1902 issued 'The imperial rules for colleges', and adapted the new modern education system. On May, 30th of the same year, the Liangjiang governor Liu Kunyi submitted a document of preparing colleges to

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408-751: The College of Liberal Arts , College of Science, College of Engineering , College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , College of Biomedical Science and Engineering, College of Earth Sciences , College of Management , and College of Hakka Studies, also with areas in sociology, law and government studies, etc. The undergraduate population is represented by the Associated Students of National Central University ( Chinese : 國立中央大學學生會 ; pinyin : Guólì Zhōngyāng Dàxué Xuéshēnghuì ), founded in 1991. Established in 1902 as Sanjiang Normal School, National Central University underwent

442-540: The Engineering School of National Southeast University was established in 1921. In 1924, the Engineering School of National Southeast University merged with the water conservancy school Hohai Engineering School to form National Hohai Technology University , with Mao Yisheng as president. In 1927, National Hohai Technology University along with several other schools merged with National Southeast University to form National Central University. In April 1949,

476-533: The Qing government, proposing to open normal college in Jiangning (Nanjing). In February 1903, the following Liangjiang governor Zhang Zhidong submitted a proposal to open Sanjiang Normal College to government, and authorize Miao Quansun as a representative to Japan for investigation, who later was nominated as the inspector of Sanjiang Normal College and responsible for the project preparation. In September 1903, Sanjiang Normal College officially opened. Due to

510-612: The ambiguous meaning of the college name which led to several disputes, the Sanjiang Normal College was named as Liangjiang Normal College in 1905. The year after, Li Ruiqing was nominated as the principal, who closed the junior normal subjects, and added the public subjects, professional subjects, and also created the first hand-painting subject in China. Until 1907, there had already been Geography-History department, Chinese-Foreign Language Department, Mathematic-Physics- Chemistry Department, and Agriculture Department. At

544-545: The autumn of 1924, the Engineering College of National Southeastern University and Hohai Engineering Specialized School were merged to form National Hohai Technology University (or Hohai Technological University, Hohai University of Technology, Hohai University of Engineering, Hohai College of Engineering, etc.). Hohai Engineering Specialized School was established in 1915, with specialty of water conservancy. The Engineering College of National Southeastern University

578-496: The basis of Southeast University's culture, characterized in the combination of public teaching and research which compromises the merit of Chinese and Western styles, forming a green and active university community. The total building area in Jiulonghu Campus is 574 thousand square meters with the investment of 1.6 billion yuan. National Central University NCU now has eight colleges in different areas, including

612-563: The campus of Nanjing University . In 1968, NCU moved to its current location in the Shuanglianpo (雙連坡) district of Zhongli, Taoyuan County (now Zhongli District , Taoyuan City ), Taiwan and was renamed the National Central University College of Science . In 1979, it was officially reestablished under the name National Central University . In 2003, NCU and three other national universities established

646-418: The education system and recruit teachers. On 10 September 1915, Nanjing Higher Normal School was officially started. In December 1919, Nanjing Higher Normal School formally recruited 8 female students and 50 more female visiting students, being the first school in China allowing both females and males to study together. The Polytechnic Faculty was established by the school in 1916. In September 1918, Guo Bingwen

680-609: The eight colleges contain 19 undergraduate departments, 48 graduate institutes, and 38 research centers. NCU participates in the Taiwan International Graduate Program in Earth System Science of Academia Sinica , Taiwan's most preeminent academic research institution. National Hohai Technology University National Hohai Technology University (國立河海工科大學) was a university in Nanking , which existed between 1924 and 1927. In

714-505: The end of 1911, due to the outbreak of Xinhai Revolution , Liangjiang Normal College was almost closed. On 15 July 1914, Governor Han Guojun appointed Jiang Qian as principal, who was responsible for the starting up of Nanjing Higher Normal School in the same site of Liangjiang Normal College. Jiang employed the US-educated scholar Guo Bingwen as the dean of teaching, Chen Rong as the advisor, and sent both to Europe to investigate

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748-507: The faculty members, there are 8 members of Chinese Academy, 25 " Changjiang Scholars ", 1 fellow of State Department Degree Committee, 9 members of State Department Degree Committee, 31 distinguished national youth research scientists, 7 members (ranking 2nd nationwide) of "863 Projects" expert committee, and 57 excellent Department of Education research scientists. The university has 64 undergraduate programs, 206 master programs, 109 doctoral programs, as well as 15 postdoctoral research sites. In

782-546: The most recent official rankings summary, 6 programs are top 5 and another 6 programs are top 10 nationwide. Especially the School of Biomedical Science & Engineering ranks first place. The university has a top research ability. There are 10 National First-class Academic programs, 6 potential National First-class Academic Programs. 3 National Research Labs, 1 National Professional Lab, 2 National Engineering Research Centers, and 7 Department of Education First-class Labs. In 2006,

816-514: The national, provincial or municipal science and technology prizes. Its research fund exceeded 1.1 billion yuan in 2010, which placed 11th nationwide. The SEU Architecture Design and Research Institute, which is one of the few national first-class design institutes, has undertaken various major projects. The SEU-affiliated Zhongda Hospital was set up in 1935 and rated as "Class A Grade 3" by the Ministry of Public Health. In 2007, Southeast University

850-419: The research funds for the university is 600 million Chinese Yuan, which lists the 7th place in the country. Southeast University is one of the top 20 universities in scientific research and development in China. It has over 20 national or provincial research institutes, with a number of key research bases. Over the last decade, it has completed more than 1000 research projects, of which over 500 have been awarded

884-490: Was established in 1921, with three departments: civil engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering, and its predecessor is the Polytechnic Faculty of National Nanking Higher Normal School. The first president of National Hohai Technology University is Mao Yisheng . In 1925, Yang Hsiaoshu, the director of teaching affair, took over as president. In June 1927, National Hohai Technology University

918-559: Was formed in the original site of National Central University from the Engineering School (at the time, the biggest school) of Nanjing University and the engineering departments of University of Nanking, including Chemistry Department and Electrical Machine Department. Later there were also some relevant subjects from Jiaotong University , Zhejiang University , Shandong University , Xiamen University , Fudan University , and Private Jiangnan University merged into Nanjing Institute of Technology . In June 1988, Nanjing Institute of Technology

952-452: Was listed 443rd among world universities. In 2010, according to a leading scientific journal "Nature" (Nature Publishing Index 2010 China), the report ranked Southeast University as the 8th among all domestic research institutes. In 2010 QS top university ranking, it was ranked: 87th overall among Asian universities, 76th in engineering and I.T. among Asian universities, 301–350th in engineering and I.T worldwide. In 2016, Southeast University

986-531: Was merged with National Southeastern University, along with several other public schools in Jiangsu province, to form the new Nanking capital national university under Nationalist Government , initially called National Dyisyi Chungshan University (Disi Zhongshan University), and soon later renamed Jiangsu University in February 1928 and renamed National Central University in May 1928, and the engineering college of

1020-495: Was officially opening in September. In December, the school council decided that Nanjing Higher Normal School would be incorporated into Southeast University. Southeast University, based on the foundation of Nanjing Normal Higher School, until 1923, had possessed arts and sciences, Education, engineering, agriculture, business totaling more than 20 lines in 5 subjects. Based on the Polytechnic Faculty of Nanjing Higher Normal School,

1054-657: Was opened, the Sipailou Campus basically includes some most important research institutes and administrations of the university. Jiulonghu Campus is situated in the south of the Jiangning Technology Development District, to the east of Suyuan Avenue, west of Shuanglong Street, and south of Jiyin Street. It is around 20 kilometers away from the Sipailou Campus, with an area of 3749mu. The architecture design of Jiulonghu Campus follows

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1088-905: Was ranked 201–300 in ARWU World University Ranking, and 20th in ARWU Field - Engineering Ranking. In 2017 Chinese national university ranking edited by Wu Shulian , Southeast University was placed 14th in the national university ranking in China, together with other 22 universities as China's top-tier national universities. In 2020 ARWU World University Ranking, Southeast University's global rank rose to 101–150, and national rank as 7–13. There are 3 main campuses of Southeast University namely Sipailou Campus, Jiulonghu campus and Dingjiaqiao campus. Sipailou (Xuanwu District) and Dingjiaqiao campus (Gulou district) are in Nanjing city and Jiulonghu campus in suburbs of Nanjing (Jiangning District). The Sipailou Campus of Southeast University

1122-407: Was renamed as 'Southeast University', starting to convert from a technology institute to a technology-featured comprehensive university. Since 2000, the name Nanjing Institute of Technology is used by a different institution. In 2000, Nanjing Railway Medical College, Nanjing Higher Institute of Transportation and Nanjing Geological School were merged into Southeast University. Southeast University

1156-580: Was the president in the south division. On 7 April 1920, Guo proposed the foundation of the "Southeast University Preparatory Committee". In September, Guo proposed to the State Council and the Ministry of Education to apply for the establishment of Southeast University, and in December it was approved. On 6 June 1921, the Board of Southeast University was established, Guo as president, and the university

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