About Nanjing University:

Nanjing University is a major public university, the oldest institution of higher learning in Nanjing, China. Established in 1902 as Sanjiang Normal School, it underwent a number of name changes until it was renamed Nanjing University in 1950. It merged with the University of Nanking in 1952. Nanda has two main campuses: the Xianlin campus, northeast of Nanjing, and the Gulou campus, in the central area of Nanjing City. Nanjing University at present has 28 schools: 1. School of Liberal Arts 2. School of History 3. Department of Philosophy (Religious Studies) 4. School of Journalism and Communication 5. School of Law 6. School of Business 7. School of Foreign Studies 8. School of Government 9. School of Information Management 10. School of Social and Behavioral Sciences 11. Department of Mathematics 12. School of Physics 13. School of Astronomy and Space Sciences 14. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 15. Department of Computer Science and Technology 16. School of Electronic Science and Engineering 17. School of Engineering and Applied Sciences 18. School of the Environment 19. School of Earth Sciences and Engineering 20. School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences 21. School of Atmospheric Sciences 22. School of Life Sciences 23. Medical School 24. School of Management and Engineering 25. Kuang Yaming Honors School 26. Institute for International Students 27. School of Software Engineering 28. School of Architecture and Urban Planning



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
World University Rankings 395 288 291 280 264 226 178 148 131 125 116 108 96 85 88 148 95

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agriculture - - - 276 - 238 186 148 140 120 115 97 64 60 67 86
Engineering 106 82 76 85 90 84 77 52 54 42 39 41 37 36 35 42
Life Sciences - - - - - - - - 261 269 260 261 246 231 225 178
Medicine - - - - - - - - - - - - - 285 301-350 280
Natural Sciences 86 98 95 73 61 56 39 33 37 28 28 21 15 16 17 25
Social Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - 282 269 182

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agricultural Sciences - - - - - - 301-350 351-400 301-350 247 296 301-350 -
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - 189 161 - 259 210
Chemistry 27 22 16 11 10 11 11 13 11 8 10 12 17
Chemical Engineering 132 112 100 84 61 75 68 45 48 38 28 38 54
Civil Engineering 18 33 29 18 13 11 13 15 14 12 98 89 172
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 273 255 253 281 270
Computer Science 168 166 142 89 107 71 77 68 69 55 53 52 115
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - - - - 194 137
Electrical Engineering 234 247 184 172 139 120 94 100 115 88 59 53 132
Environment / Ecology 116 120 113 90 65 68 58 49 39 20 - 30 12
Geosciences 125 95 85 63 57 39 41 31 28 19 - 15 16
Immunology - - - - - - - - - - - 232 265
Materials Science 51 48 45 41 38 42 33 29 29 27 27 27 47
Mathematics 202 176 108 78 88 100 112 104 110 121 124 116 126
Mechanical Engineering - - - - - - 239 301-350 229 254 277 267 -
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 201 187 - - 244
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - 237 191 - 191 151
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - - - - 301-350 277
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - 278 235 170 169 174 161 166 166 144 113 100 84
Physics 114 104 89 72 64 62 37 37 20 17 16 17 17
Plant & Animal Science - - - - - - - 351-400 351-400 290 - 272 204
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - - - 289 292 206
Space Science - - - - - - - - 159 130 - 168 140
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 62 57 123
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 5 4 9
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 76 60 35