Southeast University

Southeast University

东南大学
Motto	止于至善
Motto in English	Strive for Perfection
Type	Public
Established	originated in 1902, established as an independent school in 1952, renamed Southeast University in 1988.
President	Dr. Zhang Guangjun
Academic staff	5,731
Students	43,643
Undergraduates	16,233
Postgraduates	13,150
Location	Nanjing, Jiangsu, China 32°03′28″N 118°47′20″E / 32.05778°N 118.78889°E / 32.05778; 118.78889Coordinates: 32°03′28″N 118°47′20″E / 32.05778°N 118.78889°E / 32.05778; 118.78889
Campus	Urban-Sipailou Campus, Dingjiaqiao Campus Rural-Jiulonghu Campus
Website	http://www.seu.edu.cn/

Southeast University (simplified Chinese: 东南大学; traditional Chinese: 東南大學; pinyin: Dōngnán Dàxué, SEU), colloquially Dongda (Chinese: 东大; pinyin: Dōngdà) is a public research university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. It was part of one of the oldest universities and the first coeducational university in China. It is a member of both Project 985 and Project 211, and sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China aiming to become a well-known world-class university.

SEU has been ranked among the top 20 research universities in China, and among the top 300 in the world. In the official subject ranking conducted by the Ministry of Education of China, SEU has been ranked top three nationally in 8 fields including architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, art history, civil engineering, electronic engineering, transportation engineering and biomedical engineering.

Its source Sanjiang Normal College, was established in 1902 as a modern university on the campus of an academy which dates back to 258. In 1921, the school changed its name to National Southeast University and became the second national university in China, and in 1928 was renamed to National Central University, the nation's flagship university. After the KMT government lost Nanking to the Communist Party of China, the university was renamed as National Nanking University in August 1949 and later simply as Nanking University, to renegade its former relationship with KMT. In 1952, many departments were divested of the original Nanking University as part of the adjustment of higher education, initiated by the communist government. Its engineering school, the largest school in terms of faculty number and student enrollment, stayed in its original campus and form Nanjing Institute of Technology, which renamed Southeast University in 1988.