Founded in 1912, Nantong University (NTU) is a comprehensive university jointly built by the Jiangsu Provincial People’s Government and the National Department of Transportation, ranking the top 122 in China University Evaluation of 2019 by the Chinese Academy of Management Sciences, the top 111 in ESI on Comprehensive Ranking of Chinese Universities and the top 100 Chinese universities by Cuaa.net.
NTU is located in the riverside and coastal Nantong City with the beautiful scenery, and rich human and cultural resources. It is only 2 hours’ drive away from Shanghai Pudong International Airport. The University provides students from home and abroad with an excellent study environment and high-quality living facilities. It is a good place for international students to study, live, and make their dreams come true.
NTU is composed of 20 schools, one independent college (Xinglin College), a large comprehensive and affiliated hospital, School of International Education and School of Extended Education. There are 3 postdoctoral research centers and 3 doctoral degree programs in Basic Medicine, Clinical Medicine, and Information and Communication Engineering, and over 30 master programs. Among them, 4 disciplines of Clinical Medicine, Neuroscience and Behavior, Engineering, Pharmacology and Toxicology rank the top 1% of ESI disciplines in the world. NTU boasts 2 preponderant disciplines and 8 key disciplines of Jiangsu province, and 26 key Clinical Medicine related specialties of Jiangsu province.
There are 106 undergraduate programs, covering 10 disciplines such as literature, science, engineering, medicine, art, economics, law, education, history and management with more than 40,000 full-time undergraduates, over 2700 postgraduates and over 750 international students. All degree programs are open to the international students. Those who are distinguished stand a great chance to win the scholarships sponsored by the Chinese government, Jiangsu government or Nantong University.
NTU has developed extensive overseas exchange and cooperation, established friendly cooperative relations with more than 110 universities and research institutes in more than 20 countries and regions, such as the United States, Canada, Russia, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Australia and Japan, and has carried out many international exchange projects.