Southeast University

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84 2014 QS University Rankings: Asia

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About Southeast University

Southeast University (SEU, Pinyin: Dōngnán Dàxué, Simplified Chinese: 东南大学), colloquially Dongda (Pinyin: Dōngdà, Simplified Chinese: 东大) is a public, coeducational research university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.

SEU is one of the national key universities administered directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It is also one of the first universities accredited by the State Council to determine and approve the qualifications of professor, associate professor and doctoral supervisor. In 1995, the university passed the assessment by the Ministry of Education for Project 211 and was listed as one of the universities that will be financed by the state as part of that project. In 1996, it was assessed as an outstanding university for its excellent undergraduate education. Since 2000, SEU has been a member of Project 985, which financially supports the university to achieve the goal of being a top and world-famous university. SEU is also one of the eight universities which are conventionally known as the best universities in Architecture in China.

Campus information

In 2001, SEU acquired three other colleges in Nanjing. They are: Nanjing Railway Medical College, Nanjing College of Advanced Transportation, as well as Nanjing Advanced School of Geology. Nanjing Railway Medical College became the School of Medicine at Southeast University after it merged with SEU. The medical school is located in Dingjiaqiao.

In 2005 when Jiulonghu Campus which located in Jiangning District was founded, the authority of Pukou Campus was transferred to the Chengxian College of Southeast University. Most of the undergraduate students and master students are studying at Jiulonghu Campus currently. After Jiulonghu Campus was opened, the Sipailou Campus basically includes some most important research institutes and administrations of the university. Jiulonghu Campus is situated in the south of the Jiangning Technology Development District, to the east of Suyuan Avenue, west of Shuanglong Street, and south of Jiyin Street. It is around 20 kilometers away from the Sipailou Campus, with an area of 3749mu. The architecture design of Jiulonghu Campus follows the basis of Southeast University's culture, characterized in the combination of public teaching and research which compromises the merit of Chinese and Western styles, forming a green and active university community. The total building area in Jiulonghu Campus is 574 thousand square meters with the investment of 1.6 billion yuan.

There are 3 main campuses of Southeast University namely Sipailou Campus, Jiulonghu campus and Dingjaiqiao campus. Sipailou (Xuanwu District) and Dingjiaqiao campus (Gulou district) are in Nanjing city and Jiulonghu campus in suburbs of Nanjing( Jiangning District).

The Sipailou Campus of Southeast University is the flagship campus that is inherited from National Central University. It is located at 2 Sipailou, Nanjing, China. In 1988, Pukou Campus which located in Pukou Campus across the Yangtze River was opened as another site mainly for freshman and sophomore's education. However, in 2008 Pukou Campus was separated from Southeast University and was then acquired by Cheng Xian Institute.