Nanjing Normal University (NNU or NJNU; ) is a

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in Nanjing, China. Founded in 1902 as Sanjiang Normal School, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious higher

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in China, and has become a research-intensive comprehensive university co-funded by the

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and Jiangsu Provincial Government since its separation from

Nanjing University Nanjing University (NJU; ) is a national public research university in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is a member of C9 League and a Class A Double First Class University designated by the Chinese central government. NJU has two main campuses: the Xian ...

in 1952. NNU is a leading

National Key University National Key Universities () previously referred to universities recognized as prestigious and which received a high level of support from the central government of the People's Republic of China. The term is no longer in official use by 1990s. The ...

designated by China's former

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, and

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. As of 2020, NNU has three campuses in Nanjing, namely Xianlin,

Suiyuan Suiyuan () is a ''de jure'' province of the Republic of China according to the ROC law, as the ROC government formally claims to be the legitimate government of China, with its capital located Guisui (now Hohhot). The abbreviation was ( pinyi ...

, and Zijin. It consists of 28 colleges and schools with an enrollment of 18,369 undergraduates and 12,564 graduate students, including 1,525 doctoral candidates. In the fiscal year 2021, the university acquired six Key Projects from the National Social Science Fund of China, ranking 10th among domestic institutions. NNU is a relatively selective university that only admits domestic students who score in the top 5% (95th percentile) in the

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. The 2021

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ranked NNU 401st-500th globally.

History

The history of Nanjing Normal University can be traced to 1902 with the establishment of Sanjiang Normal School (三江师范学堂). Sanjiang refers to a historical province in

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that roughly covers three provinces in contemporary China, including

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with it ...

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

, and

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. The college evolved into Liangjiang Advanced Normal School, National Nanjing Higher Normal School, National Southeastern University, National 4th Sun Yat-sen University, National Jiangsu University, National Central University, and

in the following decades. The other origin of Nanjing Normal University is the University of Nanking (金陵大学) which was established in 1888 as Nanking Academy and developed into Private University of Nanking in 1910. It was the first institution in China officially named "university" in English and was registered with the

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Education Department. In 1951, Private University of Nanking and Private

Ginling College Ginling College (), also known by its pinyin romanization as Jinling College or Jinling Women's College, is a women's college of Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China. It offers both bachelor's and master's degrees. It offers six underg ...

(金陵女子大学), were integrated into the National University of Nanking. In 1952, as the result of the nationwide reorganization of higher education, some schools and departments of Nanjing University and University of Nanking were separated and merged to establish Nanjing Normal College (南京师范学院), which was set up on the former site of Ginling College. The college then exchanged several academic faculties and departments with

Soochow University (Suzhou) Soochow University (), also known as Suzhou University, is a public university in Suzhou (Soochow), China. Its root can be traced to the original Soochow University (東吳大學) founded by Methodists in 1900, which was later split and me ...

(苏州大学) in Jiangsu Province, establishing a more robust discipline system for both institutions. In 1984, Nanjing Normal College was renamed Nanjing Normal University (南京师范大学). In 1996, it became one of the first group of universities designated by the Ministry of Education of China in the list of former

for

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. In 2000, Nanjing Polytechnic of Power Engineering, a national polytechnic institute governed by the Ministry of Chemical Industry at the time, was incorporated into the university. It is included in the

Campus

Nanjing Normal University has three campuses throughout the urban and suburban areas of Nanjing, China. Nanjing was named among the best student cities in the world for studying abroad by

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in 2019. It is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China and the current capital of

Jiangsu Province Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its c ...

Suiyuan (original campus)

Suiyuan Campus (随园校区) (122 Ninghai Rd, Gulou District) is the historical site of the former

and has been designated as a "Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level" of China. It is home to a number of classical Chinese buildings. NNU gate

Xianlin (Main Campus)

Xianlin Campus (仙林校区) (1 Wenyuan Rd, Qixia District), located in

Xianlin University City Xianlin University City (), colloquially known as Xianlin (), is a community in Nanjing, China, featuring a bunch of leading higher education institutions. It is located in the middle of Qixia District and to the northeast of Purple Mountain, 15 k ...

, is the main campus of Nanjing Normal University. Established in 2001, it is the newest and largest campus. It occupies an area of 346.7 hectares and is divided into four parts, east, west, north and south, having the majority of undergraduate students study here. The main library in the center of the campus, subsidized by

Zhu Jingwen Zhu Jingwen (Chinese: 朱景文; Pinyin: Zhū Jǐngwén, born January 7, 1948) is a Chinese legal scholar who serves as Professor of Legal Theory at the Renmin University of China Law School, Board Member of the China Law Society, and Director of t ...

, is the largest single building library in Jiangsu Province.

Zijin (Polytechinical Campus)

Zijin Campus (紫金校区) (78 Bancang St, Xuanwu District) is the site of the former Nanjing Polytechnic of Power Engineering, which merged into Nanjing Normal University in 2000. It was the home of NNU's School of Electrical and Automation Engineering and School of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, which have been moved to the expanded Xianlin Campus in 2019.

Academics

Since it turned into an independent school from the teachers college of

, Nanjing Normal University has become a research university for arts and sciences in China with a number of top-ranked subjects. According to the academic subjects evaluation held by the

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in 2012, NNU ranked 3rd in education/pedagogy, 6th in geography, 6th in Marxism studies, 7th in foreign languages and literatures, 9th in psychology, 9th in fine arts, and 13th for law and legal studies

Colleges and schools

As of 2020, there are 28 colleges and schools, including: *

*Honors College *School of Teacher Education *International College for Chinese Studies *School of Public Administration *School of Business *School of Law *School of Marxism *School of Education Science *School of Psychology *School of Sports Science and Physical Education *School of Chinese Language and Literature *School of Foreign Languages and Cultures *School of Journalism and Communication *School of Social Development ** Social Development Academy *School of Mathematical Sciences *School of Physics and Technology *School of Chemistry and Materials Science *School of Geography *School of Life Sciences *School of Energy and Mechanical Engineering *School of Electrical Engineering and Automation *School of Computer Science and Electronic Information/School of Artificial Intelligence *School of Environment *School of Marine Science and Engineering *School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering *School of Music *School of Fine Art

Majors and programs

By 2020, Nanjing Normal University offers undergraduate degree programs in 74 majors, research master's degree programs in 41 disciplines, professional master's degree programs in 25 disciplines, and doctoral degree programs in 26 disciplines. It has also established 22 post-doctoral research centers. As of 2020, NNU has 29 undergraduate programs that are officially designated by the Ministry of Education of China as "National First-class Undergraduate Programs", including:

Research

In recent years, NNU has achieved 32 Key Projects from the National Social Science Fund of China, 7 Philosophy and Social Sciences Key Research Projects from the Ministry of Education, 2 National Science and Technology Support Projects, 4 projects funded by the 973 Program (National Basic Research Program), 1 project funded by the 863 Program (State High-Tech Development Plan), and 28 Key Projects from the

National Natural Science Foundation of China The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC; ) is an organization directly affiliated to China's State Council for the management of the National Natural Science Fund. History NSFC was founded in February 1986 by theoretical chemist Ta ...

. NNU has signed a cooperative agreement with the Nanjing Branch of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republi ...

(CAS) and the Purple Mountain Observatory, CAS to strengthen cooperation in the frontiers of earth and space science, exchange of faculty and personnel, and joint training of graduate students. On July 4, 2021, the asteroid number 216446, discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory, was named "NNU Star" with the approval of the Small Bodies Naming Committee of the

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(IAU).

Rankings

The 2021

(ARWU) ranked Nanjing Normal University within the range of 401–500 globally. Universities in the same range are ranked in no particular order. Western universities ranked between 401-500 include

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute () (RPI) is a private research university in Troy, New York, with an additional campus in Hartford, Connecticut. A third campus in Groton, Connecticut closed in 2018. RPI was established in 1824 by Stephen Van ...

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...

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, etc. The 2021

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ranked the university 41st comprehensively and 20th for humanities and social sciences, right behind such schools as

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(18th) and

China University of Political Science and Law China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL; simplified Chinese: 中国政法大学; traditional Chinese: 中國政法大學; pinyin: ''Zhōngguó Zhèngfǎ Dàxué'', abbr. 法大, ''Fǎ Dà'') is a research university established in 1952 ...

(19th) and ahead of such schools as

Zhongnan University of Economics and Law The Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL; ) is a public university in Wuhan, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. ZUEL was established in 2000 with the merge of Central South University of Finance and Economics ...

(21st),

Jinan University Jinan University (JNU, ) is a public research university based in Guangzhou, China. "Jinan" literally means "reaching southward", indicating the university's original mission to disseminate Chinese learning and culture from North to South wh ...

(23rd) and

Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU, ) is a public research university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. As a member of Double First Class University Plan, C9 League, Project 985, and Project 211, it is a leading national university with special strengths ...

(26th). By September 2021, NNU has been listed among the world's top 1% in 10 academic disciplines by ESI, one of the world's most influential indicators of academic capacity. The 10 disciplines include: * Chemistry (top 0.28%) * Engineering (top 0.29%) * Agricultural Sciences (top 0.45%) * Materials Science (top 0.48%) * Environment/Ecology (top 0.54%) * Plant & Animal Science (top 0.61%) * Geosciences (top 0.70%) * Mathematics (top 0.78%) * Social Sciences, General (top 0.88%) * Computer Science (top 0.99%)

Joint programs (selected)

* Dual Bachelor's Program in

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Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...

with

Macquarie University Macquarie University ( ) is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of ...

(Australia) * Dual Bachelor's Program in

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

with the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

(Australia) * Dual Bachelor's Program in

Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...

with

Tohoku University , or is a Japanese national university located in Sendai, Miyagi in the Tōhoku Region, Japan. It is informally referred to as . Established in 1907, it was the third Imperial University in Japan and among the first three Designated Natio ...

(Japan) * Dual Bachelor's Program in

with the

(UK) * Dual Bachelor's Program in

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

with

Northumbria University , mottoeng = A lifetime of learning , established = 1877 - Rutherford College of Technology1969 - Newcastle Polytechnic1992 - gained university status , type = Public , budget = � ...

(UK) * Dual Bachelor's Program in

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with

Hokkaido University , or , is a Japanese national university in Sapporo, Hokkaido. It was the fifth Imperial University in Japan, which were established to be the nation's finest institutions of higher education or research. Hokkaido University is considered ...

(Japan) * Dual Bachelor's Program in

Public Administration Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public policy, administration of government establishment ( public governance), management of non-profit es ...

with

George Mason University George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...

(US) * Dual Master's Program in

Criminal Justice Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have been accused of committing crimes. The criminal justice system is a series of government agencies and institutions. Goals include the rehabilitation of offenders, preventing other ...

with the

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(US) * Dual Master's Program in Applied

Geoinformatics Geoinformatics is the science and the technology which develops and uses information science infrastructure to address the problems of geography, cartography, geosciences and related branches of science and engineering, such as Land Surveying. ...

with the

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(Austria) * Dual Master's Program in

Geographic Information Science Geographic information science or geographical information science (GIScience or GISc) is the scientific discipline that studies geographic information, including how it represents phenomena in the real world, how it represents the way humans under ...

with the

(US) * Fifth Year

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(L.L.M.) Program with the

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(US) * Fifth Year

(L.L.M.) Program with

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(UK)

Partner universities (selected)

Student Life

Organizations

There are 180 recognized student organizations and clubs on campus. Students can create new organizations to satisfy their own interests and likeminded other students. With the consent from related departments and the approval of the NNU Party Committee, students are also allowed to establish organizations which off-campus students can get involved. Staff members in the Youth League Committee are available. They will connect students with existing recognized student organizations and give advices to start new ones.

Registered student organizations (selected)

Astronomy Club: a university-level academic club. The astronomy club was founded in September, 2009. Since then, the club has been constantly improving its observation equipments, increasing the number of club members, encouraging participation in various activities, and widening its social influence. The club owns 5 astronomical telescopes, including a reflective astronomical telescope,a refractive and reflective astronomical telescope, and three refractive astronomical telescopes. G-Mix Dancing Club: In October 1999, a group of NNU women founded a school dancing association named G-Mix. The club aims at improving college students' artistic accomplishment. Members dance together at least three times a week. G-Mix also invites professional teachers to give lessons every semester. Guangyu Chinese Opera Club: Guangyu Chinese Opera Club was founded in September 2003. It is a club of various kinds of Chinese operas, such as Beijing Opera, Kun Opera, Yue Opera, Huangmei Opera, Yu Opera. The club holds regular activities every week. Students practice singing on weekdays, train performing on Saturdays, and watch different types of operas on Sundays. There are lectures on Chinese opera every semester as well. The club aims at inheriting and carrying forward the culture of Chinese opera and meanwhile adding varieties to campus activities. HOLA Ballroom Dance Club: HOLA Ballroom Dance Club is a NNU student group focused on social dancing. Founded in 2015 by a group of dance lovers, the club teaches novice and veteran dancers a variety of Latin dances and Ballroom, and takes part in dance events, performances and competitions. The club mainly offers lessons on the International Latin (Cha-Cha, Rumba, Samba, Paso Doble, Jive). Classes are divided into two levels: Beginner and Intermediate, therefore no former experience is required. Team members train weekly to prepare for competitions and performances held in the university and across Nanjing.

Athletics

Equipped with many complete sets of advanced facilities for exercising, the Xianlin Sports Center covers an area of 23,000 square meters falling in a convenient range for people to reach with six public bus driving directly to the destination and Metro Line 2 a few miles ahead. The Sports Center consists of two gyms, which are designed as the competition venue A with Yoga room, dancing room, VIP fitness center and shower room, and the comprehensive training gym B with warm-watered natatorium, badminton stadium, basketball arena, volleyball arena, table tennis training hall, exercising instrument room for masculine building, room for martial arts training, gymnastic hall, indoor plastic racetrack and two outdoor swimming pools. Many national-leveled and international-leveled sports competitions and artistic performance have been held in the center. In respond to the National Fitness Program, all the exercising rooms are now available to the citizens in Nanjing after the successful holding of the Tenth National Games. Except for the moment of physical teaching and training period, everyone is welcomed to the center to enjoy the shared resources for exercising. Students and others exercise in the Suiyuan sports center after class and on holidays. To meet with the public demand for fitness training and physical recreation, School of Sports Science and Physical Education in NNU has established many training programs open to the public to enhance the social interaction and ease the contradictions caused by the unbalanced distribution of the training zones in the gym. Providing the access to the Sports Center in Suiyuan campus, Nanjing Normal University has acted as an ideal place for public exercising and arena for sports competition. There are three gyms now available to the public: the badminton hall, table tennis arena and basketball arena.

Notable alumni

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(陶行知), one of the most celebrated educators in Chinese history * Zhang Daqian (张大千), one of the most famous Chinese artists of the 20th century *

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(吴贻芳), a prominent Chinese diplomat in the United States and one of only four women to sign the

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in 1945 * Zheng Xiaoying (郑小瑛), the first woman conductor in China and the chief conductor of the China National Opera House
Chen Heqin
(陈鹤琴), famous child educator, child psychologist, professor, the founder of China's modern early childhood education * Qian Ji (钱骥), a profound physicist and aerospace engineer awarded the Two Bombs, One Satellite Meritorious Medal for his contribution in the development of China's first satellite
Hong Yinxing
(洪银兴), a prominent economist who served as the Chancellor of

and the Vice-Chair of the Social Science Commission of the

Li Jiange
(李剑阁), president of China International Capital Corporation and former deputy director of the Economics Restructuring Office of the State Council * Liu Mingkang (刘明康), former chairman of

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, former president of the

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and

China Everbright Group China Everbright Group is a Chinese state-owned enterprise. Everbright Group was a subsidiary (55.67 percent) of Central Huijin Investment. The Ministry of Finance of China owned the rest of the stake, which Central Huijin acquired on 8 December 2 ...

Cai Mingzhao Cai Mingzhao (; born 16 June 1955) is a Chinese politician and journalist. He was appointed President of the Xinhua News Agency in December 2014, succeeding Li Congjun, who had retired. Cai formerly served as deputy director of the State Counci ...

(蔡名照), president of

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, director of the State Council Information Office, member of the

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, * Huang Ming (黄明), minister of the Ministry of Emergency Management and former deputy minister of the

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Le Yucheng
(乐玉成), executive vice minister of the

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, alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Zhu Chengshan
(朱成山), curator of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, a prominent scholar of Chinese history and peace-building * Yang Jinlong (杨金龙), chemist, Academician of the

(CAS), vice president of the

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Zhang Jindong Zhang Jindong (; born March 1963) is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur. He is one of the founders and the current honorary chairman of the Suning.com, headquartered in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. He also owned 100% stake in Suning Holdings Grou ...

(张近东), a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur, founder and the current largest shareholder of

Suning Suning may refer to: * Suning.com, a Chinese retailer, originally corner Jiangsu Road and Ninghai Road, co-founded by Zhang Jindong, was known as Suning Appliance Co., Ltd. and Suning Commerce Group Co., Ltd. * Suning Holdings Group, the fourth lar ...

Fan Hongwei Fan Hongwei () is a Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire who is the chair and CEO of the chemical fiber company Hengli Petrochemical (恒力石化) and vice chair of its holding company Hengli Group (恒力集团). She was the fourth richest wo ...

(范红卫), a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur, CEO of the chemical fiber company Hengli Petrochemical Co., Ltd. * Wu Weishan (吴为山), curator of the

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and president of the Chinese Academy of Sculpture * Meng Fei (孟非), a household name in China that serves as a host for several nationwide TV programs * Hui Ruoqi (惠若琪), the Outside Hitter and the fifteenth Captain of

China Women's National Volleyball Team The China women's national volleyball team () represents the People's Republic of China in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches governed by Chinese Volleyball Association. They are one of the leading and most successful sq ...

which won the gold medal at the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

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(张常宁), the Outside Hitter of

and won the gold medal at the

* Michael Anti (赵静), a Chinese journalist and political blogger, recognized for his posts about freedom of the press in China

History

Campus

Suiyuan (original campus)

Xianlin (Main Campus)

Zijin (Polytechinical Campus)

Academics

Colleges and schools

Majors and programs

Research

Rankings

Joint programs (selected)

Partner universities (selected)

Student Life

Organizations

Registered student organizations (selected)

Athletics

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links