Southeast University, called Dongda for short, is located in Nanjing. It is a national key university directly under the central government and the Ministry of Education. It is a well-known eighth school of architecture in China and one of the original four engineering colleges. It is the first batch of key universities in the national "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project". He is the main member of the excellent university alliance, the Sino-Russian engineering university alliance and the China-Europe engineering education platform selected by the excellent engineer education and training plan, the excellent doctor education and training plan, the plan 20 1 1, and the plan1.

Southeast University originated from Sanjiang Normal School founded by 1902, and 19 16 began to offer engineering courses. After that, it experienced historical periods such as the National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University Institute of Technology, the National Central University Institute of Technology, and the Nanjing University Institute of Technology. 1952 National faculty adjustment, with the former Institute of Technology of Nanjing University as the main body, was established in the original site of National Central University after Nanjing Institute of Technology was merged into relevant departments of Jinling University and Jiangnan University. Later, some majors of Wuhan University, Zhejiang University, Jiaotong University and Fudan University merged. After that, the Department of Chemical Engineering, the Department of Food Industry and department of mechanical engineering (Agricultural department of mechanical engineering) moved out as a whole, and the Department of Radio Engineering moved out partially. In May 1988, the school was renamed Southeast University. In April 2000, the former Southeast University, Nanjing Railway Medical College and Nanjing Jiaotong University merged, and Nanjing Geological School merged to form a new Southeast University.

As of 2065438+March 2006, Southeast University covers an area of 5888 mu and has four campuses: Sipailou, Jiulong Lake and Dingjiaqiao. There are 29 colleges (departments) and 75 undergraduate majors; There are more than 30,000 full-time students, including graduate students14,440, and international students 18 13. It is a comprehensive research university which focuses on engineering, with the coordinated development of science, engineering, medicine, literature, law, philosophy, teaching, economics and management.