The Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NJUPT or NUPT; ) is a

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located in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

, China. It is jointly developed by the

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, the

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the Chinese government, established in March 2008, is the state agency of the People's Republic of China responsible for regulation and development of the postal service, Internet, wireless ...

, the

State Post Bureau The State Post Bureau is the government agency that regulates China Post, the postal service of the People's Republic of China. The agency used to report to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and is now under the administratio ...

, and the

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Provincial Government under the

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. The '' Academic Ranking of World Universities'' ranked NJUPT 601st–700th globally and 95th domestically for 2021, comparable to

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and Syracuse University in the United States, and Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom. The university achieved 24th in the subject of

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and 37th in

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among world universities.

History

Established in 1958, the history of the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications can be traced to the training class for the cadres of the General Postal Administrations during the wartime in 1942. Thereafter, it underwent a series of name and structural changes, including the Posts and Telecommunications Training Department of

Shandong University Shandong University (, abbreviated as Shanda, , English abbreviation SDU) is a public research comprehensive university in Jinan, Shandong with one campus in Weihai, Shandong and one campus in Qingdao, Shandong and is supported directly by ...

(山东大学邮电专科部) and Shandong Postal School (山东邮政专科学校). Zhao Zhigang, Chief of the then Wartime General Postal Administration, served concurrently as the head teacher of the training class and the principal of the school in succession during the period from 1942 to 1947. In 1948, the school was formally named the East China Posts and Telecommunications School at Yidu (now called

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), affiliated to the East China General Administration of Posts and Telecommunications. It then moved from Jinan, Shandong to

in August 1949. From 1942 to 1949, before the

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, it fostered many talents in the field of posts and telecommunications for the revolutionary war. In December 1950, it was chronologically enlarged into the Nanjing School of Posts and Telecommunications under the direct control of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the East China School of Posts and Telecommunications, the Nanjing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, and the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications. After the reform of the leadership system of national universities in February 2000, the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications started to be jointly administered by both the central and the provincial government, with the provincial government playing the principle role. In March 2013, the university merged with the Nanjing College for Population Management (南京人口管理干部学院).

Academics

Schools and departments

The Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications consists of 16 schools and departments, including: * School of Telecommunication and Information Engineering * School of Electronic Science & Engineering * School of Opto-Electronic Engineering * School of Computer Science & Technology * School of Software (Compus Net and Computer Centre) * School of Automation * School of Materials Science & Engineering * School of Natural Sciences * School of Geography and Biological Information * School of Media and Arts * School of Economics and Management * School of Humanities and Social Science * School of Foreign Languages * School of Oversea Education * Department of Physical Education * School of Continuting Education (School of Applied Technology)

Rankings

NJUPT is a leading institution in a bunch of engineering subjects, such as telecommunications, transportations, electronics, and cybersecurity. Its highest national rank reached 76th in 2019 by the

Shanghai Ranking The ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'' (''ARWU''), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University ...

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nanjing University Of Posts And Telecommunications 1942 establishments in China Educational institutions established in 1942 Telecommunication education Universities and colleges in Nanjing