Nankai University ★

Nankai University covers 4,556,900 square meters, including 1,225,000 square meters for the Bailitai campus, 2,458,900 square meters for the Jinnan campus, and 67,200 square meters for TEda College. The total floor area of the school buildings is 1,986,700 square meters.

Nankai University is one of the most comprehensive and research-oriented universities in China with a complete range of disciplines. Over the course of its long history, Nankai University has developed a distinctive educational feature that emphasizes both liberal arts and sciences, has a solid foundation, and highlights application and innovation. There are 24 specialized colleges, covering disciplines such as literature, history, philosophy, economics, management, law, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, education and art. The university actively builds and develops a discipline system that meets the needs of economic and social development and talent cultivation in the 21st century. It has 80 undergraduate programs (including 18 national characteristic programs), 29 first-level disciplines authorized to confer doctoral degrees, and 28 postdoctoral research stations. There are 6 first-level national key disciplines (covering 35 second-level disciplines), 9 second-level national key disciplines, 2 national key (cultivated) disciplines, and 27 first-level Tianjin key disciplines. There are 2 national key laboratories, 1 national engineering research center, 3 2011 collaborative innovation centers, 8 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 1 joint laboratory of international cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 1 key laboratory of the State Environmental Protection Administration, 3 engineering centers of the Ministry of Education, 13 key laboratories of Tianjin, 3 engineering centers of Tianjin. Nine national bases for training talents and scientific research in basic disciplines, one base for cultural and quality education of college students, seven "111" innovation and intelligence introduction bases of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, five innovation research groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, seven key research bases of humanities and social sciences in national universities, and seven innovation bases of philosophy and social sciences under the "985 Project" Four 985 Project Science and Technology Innovation platforms.

By the end of 2016, our library had a collection of 3.0574 million volumes and 338 accessible database systems, with database resources covering almost all disciplines and including various types of documents such as academic journals, e-books, dissertations, and patent documents.

Nankai University has a teaching staff that is both public and competent, highly skilled, enterprising and energetic. There are 2,022 full-time faculty members. Among them, there are 729 doctoral supervisors, 850 master's supervisors, 734 professors and 824 associate professors. There are 11 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2 chief scientists of the 863 Program, 13 chief scientists of the 973 Program (14 person-times), 6 academicians of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, 13 recipients of the National Thousand Talents Program, 25 recipients of the National Young Thousand Talents Program, and 15 members of the Academic Degrees Committee of The State Council. 14 National Distinguished Experts, 40 Changjiang Scholars, 16 Changjiang Scholars, 6 Changjiang Scholars Young Scholars, 11 Chief experts and 29 key members of the Project for Research and Construction of Marxist Theory 10 leaders of innovation teams under the "Changjiang Scholars and Innovation Team Development Program" of the Ministry of Education, 8 leading talents under the "Ten Thousand Talents Program", 7 outstanding young talents under the "Ten Thousand Talents Program", 39 recipients of the "National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars", and 22 selected talents under the "Hundred, Thousand, Ten Thousand Talents Project" 170 recipients of the Ministry of Education's "New Century Talent Support Program", 20 recipients of the Ministry of Education's "Cross-Century Talent Fund", 8 recipients of the Ministry of Education's "Teaching Master Award", 30 recipients of the Tianjin Teaching Master Award, 9 National teaching teams, 9 recipients of the Ministry of Education's "University Young Teacher Award" 22 recipients of the National Natural Science Foundation of China's Outstanding Young Scholars Fund, 134 recipients of Tianjin's Thousand Talents Program, including 15 for long-term innovative talents, 3 for leading talents under Tianjin's Special Talent Development Support Program, and 6 for outstanding young talents under Tianjin's Special Talent Development Support Program. 50 first-level candidates of Tianjin's "131" Innovation Talent cultivation Program.

Nankai University has a complete education system for bachelor's, master's, doctoral and postdoctoral students. The university has 25,647 full-time students, including 14,068 undergraduates, 8,231 postgraduates and 3,348 doctoral students. There are 260 adult education students and 46,323 distance education students.

Nankai University is both a teaching center and a research center, and has achieved a number of outstanding research results recognized both at home and abroad. Since 2007, it has won three second prizes of the National Natural Science Award, one second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, one second prize of the National Invention Award, seven National Teaching achievement Awards, 35 National excellent courses, 15 excellent video open courses, two China Youth Science and Technology Awards, and a total of 20 outstanding doctoral dissertations have been selected. Ten achievements were awarded the Tianjin Science and Technology Award in 2015. In 2013, 28 papers were indexed by SSCI and 1,432 by CSSCI. In 2014, 1,432 papers were indexed by SCI, 822 by EI, and 98 by CPCI-S conference papers; There were 661 "good performance" papers, accounting for 46.16% of the total number of SCI-indexed papers. In 2015, Nankai University had 1,463 SCI-indexed papers, an increase of 31 from the previous year, or 2.16%, ranking 36th among all universities in China. The number of papers indexed by EI was 922, an increase of 100 from last year, or 11.22 percent, and it ranked 54th among all universities in China. Over the past decade, the average number of citations per SCI-indexed paper was 14.84, maintaining the top position among universities with the most cumulative citations in the country and exceeding the world average.

Nankai University adheres to the fine tradition of "knowing China and serving China", actively leverages its disciplinary, talent and technological advantages, and strives to serve the economic and social development of the country and the region, especially providing all-round services for the development and opening up of Tianjin Binhai New Area. The China APEC Institute, the Institute of Economic and Social Development, the Institute of Binhai Development, the Center for Education and Industrial Regional Development, the Center for Human Rights, the Institute of Contemporary China, the WTO Research Center, the Institute of National Economic Strategy, the Jinnan Institute, the Institute of Statistics, the Institute of Ecological Civilization and other research institutions are the "think tanks" of relevant national ministries and commissions and local governments. And "talent pool". In line with the principle of "urgently needed by the country and world-class", the school fully aligns with the implementation of the "innovation-driven development" strategy, actively promotes the construction of various collaborative innovation centers, and has established close cooperative relations with a number of universities, enterprises, research institutes and government departments. In 2014, the Collaborative Innovation Center for the Economy of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics was recognized through the second batch of the "2011 Plan" of the state, becoming the first collaborative innovation center approved in the field of economics in China.

Nankai University constantly strengthens the cultivation of students' overall quality and innovation ability, values the educational philosophy of "governing the country through literature, strengthening the country through science, and enriching the country through business", and takes "emphasizing quality, cultivating ability, strengthening foundation, broadening specialties, strict management, and ensuring quality" as the teaching guiding ideology, implements flexible academic system, credit system, major and minor system, and double degree system. The combination of classroom teaching, campus culture and social practice is the basic link of education, and the outstanding alumnus Zhou Enlai is used as a model to shape students' sound personality, noble character, innovative spirit and practical ability. Promote innovation and entrepreneurship education, establish "entrepreneurship classes", build "youth innovation and entrepreneurship practice bases", and create physical platforms for entrepreneurship services and pre-incubation of projects. Formulate and implement the "Nankai University Quality Education Implementation Outline (2011-2015)", issue the "Guiding Opinions on Undergraduate Quality Development Tutoring", establish the "Public Service and Capacity Enhancement" student quality development tutoring support system, and comprehensively build the Nankai characteristic "public Service and Capacity" quality education system to promote the all-round development of students.

Nankai University, known for its excellent school spirit, attaches great importance to the all-round development of students in morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetics, and creates a rich, elegant, lively and upward campus cultural atmosphere for the healthy growth of young students. Nankai graduates are favored by all sectors of society for their solid foundation, comprehensive quality, pioneering spirit and practical ability.

Nankai University has extensive international influence and has established cooperative and exchange relations with more than 320 renowned universities and international academic institutions. It has established nine overseas Confucius Institutes, including the Confucius Institute at the University of Maryland in the United States, and was twice named "Advanced Chinese Partner Institution of Confucius Institutes" in 2012 and 2015. The university undertook the national Chinese language education and training program, launched a number of high-level overseas study programs such as the Oxford program, participated in the Davos Global University Leaders Forum, organized the first Tianjin Forum, undertook the secretariat work of the International Public University Alliance (IFPU), and was among the first to be selected for the New Sinology International Study Program of the Office of Chinese Language International Promotion. In collaboration with the University of Glasgow, a joint graduate school of Nankai University - University of Glasgow has been established, and the internationalization level has been continuously enhanced.

Nankai University has conferred honorary doctorate titles on ten international dignitaries, including mathematician Shiing-Shen Chern, physicist David Wu, economist Jan Mildahl, former chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation Jiang Bing-kun, chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab, President of Singapore Tan Keng Yan, and President of the French Constitutional Council Laurent Fabius. Nobel laureates Yang Zhenning, Li Zhengdao, Ding Zhao-zhong, Robert Mundell, Peter Duhti, Karl Barry Sharpless, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, former European Commission President and former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum President, and renowned writer Jin Yong have been appointed as honorary professors. A group of renowned scholars, politicians and entrepreneurs from home and abroad have been appointed as visiting and part-time professors.

Nankai University will continue to adhere to the Nankai path, carry forward the Nankai character, promote the Nankai spirit, adhere to people-oriented education, strengthen quality characteristics, vigorously implement the six major strategies of talent-strong university, strong discipline, education quality improvement, scientific research innovation, serving Binhai, internationalization, and move towards the goal of building a world-class university!