Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), founded in 1960renamed from Nanjing Institute of Meteorology in 2004, was designated in 1978 as one of the key institutions of higher learning in China. NUIST is a national-level key university co-constructed by the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government, the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of Chinathe China Meteorological Administration (CMA). It is also co-established by the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Governmentthe State Oceanic Administration (SOA). NUIST has a complete higher education system with undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral programs as well as post-doctoral research centers. The discipline of Atmospheric Science ranks No. 1 in the national discipline uation conducted by the Ministry of Education of China in 2012, which has great influence in the world.

Currently, NUIST has over 30,000 undergraduates, more than 1,500 full-time teachers. There are more than 60 talents including Academicians, experts of the “One Thousand Talent Project”, Distinguished Professors of Jiangsu Province, Individual Experts of Programs of InnovationEntrepreneurship of Jiangsu Province, as well as 10 outstanding teams including the National Teaching Team, the Innovation Team of the Ministry of Education (MOE)Expert Teams of Program of InnovationEntrepreneurship of Jiangsu Province, etc.. Almost 70% of the full-time teachers have doctor’s degrees54% of them have experiences of studyingworking abroad. NUIST consists of 22 schoolscolleges, i.e. School of Atmospheric Science, School of Applied Meteorology, School of Remote Sensing, School of Atmospheric Physics, School of Hydrometeorology, School of Marine Sciences, School of InformationControl, School of ElectronicInformation Engineering, School of Environmental ScienceEngineering, School of ComputerSoftware, School of MathematicsStatistics, School of PhysicsOptoelectronic Engineering, School of Public Administration, School of Marxism, School of EconomicsManagement, School of LanguagesCultures, School of MediaArt, School of Continuing Education, School of Vocational Technical Education, Binjiang College, College of International StudentsDepartment of Sports as well as 20 provincialministerial scientific research institutions including the Collaborative Innovation Center on ForecastEvaluation of Meteorological Disasters, the Collaborative Innovation Center on Atmospheric EnvironmentEquipment Technology, the first batch of international joint laboratory approved by MOE, i.e. the International Joint Laboratory on ClimateEnvironmental Change, Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disasters of MOE, the Key Laboratory of Atmospheric PhysicsAtmospheric Environment Meteorological Disaster of the CMA, China Institute of Manufacturing Industry Development as well as the Academic Institute of Climate ChangePublic Policy, etc..

Occupying an area of 140 hectares, NUIST now has a floor area of almost 679,000 square meters for various uses. The university boasts 27 experimental teaching centers2 of them are listed as the national demonstrations of experimental teaching centers, i.e. the Experimental Teaching Center of Atmospheric SciencesEnvironmental MeteorologyVirtual Simulation Experimental Teaching Center of Atmospheric ScienceMeteorological Information. With a total collection of 2.33 million paper documents53 58 sub-, as well as 1,680,000 electronic periodicals1,900 paper periodicals, the library of NUIST has the most complete literature on atmospheric sciences among all the universities in China.

NUIST has a batch of key disciplines in both stateprovincial levelssome brandacteristic majors in ChinaJiangsu Province. There are now 57 undergraduate majors covering the 8 main subject categories, namely science, engineering, management, literature, economics, law, agricultureart. The doctor degree programs almost covering all the undergraduate majors. NUIST has establishedeffectively managed a disciplinary system of “macro meteorology”. The disciplines as Atmospheric Science, Environmental ScienceEngineeringSensor NetworkModern Meteorological Equipment have been approved in the first phase of the Advantageous Discipline Construction Program in Jiangsu Province. The subject of Meteorology ranks top in Chinaenjoys a distinguished reputation throughout the world. In recent years, on the basis of advantageous subjects, NUIST has established a harmonious discipline system of atmospheric science, marine science, information science, environmental science, managementbasic science.

So far, more than 80,000 students have graduated from NUIST. They win good reputations among the employers by their down-to-earth attitudeoutstanding capability. Many alumni have become well-known scientists, scholarssenior management staff homeabroad. Among them, there are academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Canadian Royal Academy of Sciences, high-ranking leaders in the governmentsenior officers of WMO. NUIST won the First Prize in National Teaching Achievements Award. The students won the only Special Award in National Mathematical Modeling Contest----“Higher Education Press Cup”, the First Prize in National University Students “Challenge Cup” Competition, the First Prize in the National Undergraduate Electronic Design Contest, etc..

NUIST attaches great importance to scientifictechnological innovation. During the recent five years, NUIST has been actively taking part in more than 500 national programs including Program 973, Program 863, NSFC Program, National Social Science Fund Program, etc.. Besides, NUIST has also applied for over 1,250 patents. In 2015, NUIST was granted more than 130 National Natural Science Fund Projectsobtained sciencetechnology funds about 433 million RMB. In recent years, NUIST vigorously promotes the commercialization of research outputs, industrialization as well as construction of the university science park. It sighed cooperation agreementsconducted meteorological equipment development with China Huayun Group, American I. M. Systems Group, Inc. (IMSG)VAISALA Meteorological Measurements Technology Co., Ltd.. Hundreds of scientifictechnological rewards both on nationalprovincial levels have been awarded to the university, including the Special Awardthe first prize of National Award for ScienceTechnology Progress. In addition, international rewards like Award of Excellence of Scientific Achievement of SPIE, WMO NORBERT GERBIER-MUMM AwardBuchan Award of British Royal Meteorological Academy are also received. A number of research papers were published in the top ranked journals like Nature, Science, etc..

NUIST has established cooperative relationship with 48 famous overseas universitiescolleges from 15 different ries including the Yale University, the University of Wisconsin in US, the University of Hawaii, Florida State University, the University of Oklahoma, Texas A&M University, the University of Manchester, the University of Reading in UK, the University of Toronto in Canada, the University of Hamburg in Germany. NUISTup the Confucius Institute at the College of the Bahamaswas admitted to the programs of Chinese Government Scholarship, the Confucius Institute ScholarshipJasmine Jiangsu Government Scholarship. To date, the WMO Regional Training Centre Nanjing at NUIST has trained over 3000 senior meteorologicalhydrological personnel for 153 riesregionsbecome the world’s largest training center with a top quality of WMO.

Sticking to the guideline of opencollaborative development, NUIST will promote discipline construction, faculty development, talent cultivation, scientific researchinternational cooperation, to make NUIST a first-class key university in China.