Nanjing University of Technology (NJUT; ), colloquially known as Gong Da (工大), is a university

University

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 located in Nanjing

Nanjing

' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...

, Jiangsu Province, China

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. The university specializes in engineering

Engineering

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. English language

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 courses are compulsory.

History

The university enrolls approximately 23,000 students including more than 1,600 graduate students

Graduate school

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. The university offers undergraduate, Masters, and Doctoral degrees. The university employs 2,300 teachers and staff. The university employs foreign teachers for language instruction

Language education

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Campus

Nanjing University of Technology has three campuses: Hongqiao, Dingjiaqiao and Jiangpu. The main campus, Jiangpu, is located in Jiangpu District, north of Nanjing City and east of ZhuJiang Town.

Notable alumni

• Min Enze (Chinese: 闵恩泽; February, 1924 -), expert in petrochemical catalysis, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Liang Xiaotian (Chinese: 梁晓天;July,1923-), expert in organic chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Lou Nanquan (Chinese: 楼南泉；December,1922-), expert in molecular reaction dynamics and catalytic reaction, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Lu Wanzhen (Chinese: 陆婉珍；September,1924-), expert in petrochemical catalysis, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Hu Hongwen (Chinese: 胡宏纹；March,1925-), expert in organic chemistry, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Chen Jiayong (Chinese:陈家镛), expert in separation engineering, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Zhang Cunhao (Chinese:张存浩；1928-), chemist, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Academy of Sciences for the Third World.
• Zhu Qihe (Chinese:朱起鹤；July,1924-), expert in molecular reaction dynamics, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Shi Minxian (Chinese:时铭显；1933.4-2009.9), expert in petrochemical catalysis, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Jiang Dongliang(Chinese:江东亮；September，1937-), expert in ceramic and the vice president of Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Cao Xianghong (Chinese:曹湘洪；June，1945-), chief engineer of Sinopec, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and American National Academy of Engineering.
• Chen Yong (Chinese:陈勇), president of Guangdong Academy of Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Xu Delong (Chinese:徐德龙；August,1952-), president of Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Tang Mingshu(Chinese:唐明述；March,1929-), expert in cement, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Xu Nanping (Chinese:徐南平；April,1961-), expert in ceramic membrane, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

External links

• Nanjing University of Technology homepage