Nanjing University

Nanjing, China

http://www.nju.edu.cn/html/eng

All available disciplines (some programs restricted) 2 years Chinese language experience required, some classes taught in English

City Population: 8 million Enrolment: 24,000 students (11,000 postgraduate) Standard Course Load: Please contact Study Abroad Office

ABOUT NANJING UNIVERSITY Nanjing University (NJU) was founded in its current form COURSES in the 1902, but the institution has predecessors dating • Humanities back to the third century CE. The institution has had a - Literature close link China’s nationalist uprising, civil war, - Linguistics communist revolution and opening to the world over the - Theater Movie & Television past century. NJU was the first Chinese university to - Applies Chinese Studies become co-educational. • History • Philosophy NJU has always prided itself as a science research • Physics university, but it has expanded to a multidisciplinary - Modern Physics institution in recent decades. It has two major campuses. - Photonics The main campus is in Gulou, Nanjing’s city centre. The - Basic Physics Xianlin campus is lies 20km northeast of Nanjing and is • Mathematics for undergraduates. It opened in 2009, occupies around • Astronomy and Space Sciences 200 hectares and will eventually become the university’s - Astronomy main campus. NJU’s architecture is a mixture of old, - Space Science & Technology traditional buildings ad very modern ones. The campuses • Earth Sciences and Engineering are open and contain a lot of parkland. - Earth Science - Hydroscience The university recently reformed its undergraduate - Geological Engineering & Information education programmes to a new interdisciplinary and Technology multi-stage system to better cater to students’ • Atmospheric Sciences development. NJU also has a strong record on - Meteorology international exchange- over 2500 students from around - Atmospheric Physics 60 countries study there every year. Several international • Geographics & Oceanographics Sciences cooperation institutions have been established, such as - Land Resources & Tourism the Johns Hopkins University (Washington, DC) Centre. - Urban & Regional Planning Many prominent international figures have visited Nanjing - Geographic Information Science University, including George H.W. Bush, Henry Kissinger - Coastal & Oceanography Science and Bob Hawke.

• Computer Science & Technology autumns. The temperature enters the high thirties in • Electronic Science & Engineering summer and can go down to zero in winter. It rains - Electronic Engineering around 100 days per year. - Micro-Electronics and Photo electronics - Information and Electronics Religion: The Peoples’ Republic of China officially - Communication Engineering has no religion, but the country’s people are strongly • Foreign Language Studies influenced my Daoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. • Physical Education Christians make up three to four per cent of the • Architecture & Urban Planning population (2002 est.) • Fine Arts • Education Ethnic groups: Han Chinese makes up the vast majority of the population. The She and Hui nationalities are the Please note: Most of the above areas are taught in two largest minorities. Almost everybody you see in Chinese and require a certain level of proficiency. Nanjing will be Han Chinese.

China is a one-party SEMESTER DATES Government & Legal System: UWA Semester 2 = Fall (Autumn): Beginning of state with a Head of State (President Hu Jintao), Head of September to mid-January Government (Wen Jiabao) and an executive committee UWA Semester 1 = Spring: Late February to Late August consisting of Communist Party (CCP) leading members. The legal system is a complex amalgam of custom and

statute, largely criminal law; rudimentary civil code in

effect since 1 January 1987; new legal codes in effect HEALTH INSURANCE UWA has insurance to cover its outgoing exchange since 1 January 1980; continuing efforts are being made students: UWA Corporate Personal and Travel Policy. It to improve civil, administrative, criminal, and commercial is usually accepted by the host universities as primary law. insurance. However, Nanjing University will advise you, or you will need to find out, if you need to take out your own, Currency: Chinese Yuan (CNY), aka. Renminbi additional insurance (RMB). One Yuan can be divided into 10 Jiao or 100 Fen. At the beginning of 2012, one Australian Dollar bought around six Yuan. To roughly convert from Yuan to HOUSING AUD, divide by ten and then add one half. On-Campus Housing: International students have access to on-campus housing for both Gulou and Xianlin campuses, with a choice of dorm rooms for one, two or National Days four people. Residence halls have Air Conditioning, New Year's Day internet access and laundry facilities. One of the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival (January or residence halls has a common kitchen, while the others February, changes each year) do not. Students without kitchen access typically eat at International Labor Day (1 May) campus cafeterias. National Day (1 October)

Off-Campus Housing: It is possible for students to arrange their own accommodation, but they must register OTHER INFORMATION their address at the local police station. This exchange agreement was established in 2011 therefore we have limited resources from past exchange students at your disposal. For more information on you ABOUT NANJING Nanjing is a historical city located on the bank of the can contact the UWA Asian Studies Department or the Yangtze River and at the foot of the Purple Mountain. It Study Abroad Office. was founded over two thousand years ago and was the capital of six ancient dynasties. Modern Nanjing is one of China’s largest commercial centres. The city naturally is a USEFUL LINKS great place for shopping. Institute for International Students:

Office of International Cooperation and Exchanges: Language: Chinese (Mandarin) is the official language taught in Chinese schools. Our contact details: http://www.international.uwa.edu.au/se/welcome Geography: Nanjing is located where the Yangtze Tel: 6488 8199 river starts to open out before flowing into the East China [email protected] Sea, where Shanghai is located. Shanghai is 300km away while Beijing is 1200km to the North. Much of the city is surrounded by mountain ridges. Because of its strategic location, Nanjing is a major transport hub.

Climate: Nanjing has a humid, subtropical climate. There are four distinct seasons, with hot and humid summers, cold and wet winters and pleasant springs and 2