Hohai University
河海大学

General Information
基本概况

Hohai University is a state key university under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education of China. It is a comprehensive university with research and study of water resources as its main focus，education of engineering subjects as its first priority，and to ordinated development of enqineering and science，economics .management，arts and law. Under the direcl command of the Ministry of Water Resources from 1958 to 2000，the University became one of the universities of“Project 21 I”(building 100 key universities in China in the 21st century )，and one of the universities that set up Graduate School.
河海大学是一所以水利为特色，工科为主，理、工、经、管、文、法多学科协调发展的教育部直属全国重点大学，1958年至2000年间隶属水利部管理，是实施国家“211工程”重点建设以及设有研究生院的高校之一。

Hohai University has three campuses of 9 54 hectares. The main campus，covering 45 hectares，is located at the northern foot of Qingliang Hiil in Nanjing. With green shades of trees，fragrant flowers in four seasons and an elegant environwent, it is one of the 300 Best Green Campuses，and has won Jiangsu Provincial Award of Garden University. Changzhou campus，with its fine environment，was established in February 1986 in Changzhou，a city between Shanghai and Nanjing.Jiangning campus of 57. 6 hectares in Jiangning Economic Development Zone of Jiangning District，Nanjing，started operation in September 2001 with superb campus construction and modern facilities for teaching and accommodation.
河海大学总占地面积154公顷。校本部坐落在南京市清凉山北麓，环境优雅，绿树成荫，花香四季，众多人文景观更增添了校园的文化氛围，先后荣获全国部门绿化“三百佳”和江苏省“花园式，;石校”称号。学校于1986年2月在江苏省常州一市国家级高新技术开发区设立校区，于 2001年9月正式启用新建的河海大学江宁校区，校园建设及教学、生活设施更趋现代化。
Hohai University consists of 16 colleges and departments. The University has 9 state and provincial key laboratories，6 state and provincial engineering research centers and 5 post-doctorate mobile stations. There are 3 state key disciplines，12 provincial and ministerial key disciplines，38 Ph. D. programs，124 Master programs，18 Engineering Master programs and MBA，and 46 undergraduate programs.Among them，Hydraulic Engineering and Civil Engineering take the lead in their respective field in China.
河海大学下设16个专业院系。有9个国家级以及省部级重点实验室、6个国家级以及省部级工程研究中心、5个博士后流动站。拥有3个国家重点学科，12个省部级重点学科;38个博士点，124个硕士点，18个工程硕士专业学位领域及工商管理硕士(MBA)专业学位授权点，46个本科专业。其中水利工程、土木工程两学科综合实力处于全国领先位置。

There are over 30 000 degree students studying at the University in September，2006，among whom are 8 487 Master and Ph. D. candidates，and 18 448 undergraduate students.
2006年9月，各类学历教育在校学生3万余名，其中研究生8 487名，本科生18 448名。
There are 3 135 staff members at present, including 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering，2 professors invited on“Cheungkong Scholars Program"，652 professors and associate professors，and 209 Doctorate supervisors，12 of whom are academicians of CAS and CAES.
河海大学现有教职员工3 135名，其中中国工程院院士一名，长江学者2名;正副教授652名;博士生导师209名，其中有12名院士受聘担任学校的教授、博士生导师。
Hohai Library consists of 3 libraries in three campuses respectively with a total area of over 47 000 square meters and has more than 1 .9 million books，over 1.8 million of them are in Chinese and foreign languages. There are 127 000 Chinese and English periodicals. In addition，there are over 700 000 electronic books(including CD database)
河海大学图书馆由3个校区图书馆组成，总面积约47 000平方米，馆藏量达190多万册，其中中、外文图书180多万册，中、外文期刊合订本12. 7万册。另外电子图书70多万册(含光盘数据库)。
As a result of hard working of several generations， Hohai University has stepped into a new stage of its development. Looking ahead，Hohai University will realize its new leap in the new century and will make every effort to build Hohai University into an internationally-recognized，high-level and research-oriented universify with the first-rate discipline of waler resources in the world.
经过几代河海人的艰苦奋斗，河海大学进人了一个崭新的发展阶段。展望未来，河海人将在新世纪实现新的跨越，为把河海大学建成具有国际一流水利学科与若干优势学科、多学科综合发展、具有广泛国际影响的高水平研究型大学而努力奋斗。

Glorious History
历史变迁

1915 Hohai Civil Engineering School，the predecessor of Hohai University，was founded.
1915年河海大学的前身河海工程专门学校创建。
1924 It merged with the Department of Engineering of Southeast University into Hohai College of Engineering.
1924年与东南大学工科合并成立河海工科大学。
1927 It was incorporated the Fourth Zhongshan University.
1927年并人第四中山大学。
1937 It became the Department of Water Resources，Central University.
1937年成为中央大学水利系。
1949 It became the Department of Water Resources，Nanjing University.
1949年成为南京大学水利系。
1952 The Departments of Water Conservancy，Hydrology，and Water Resources of Nanjing University，Jiaotong University，Tongji University，Zhejiang Universify and the East China Engineering School of Water Resources were merged into the East China Technical University of Water Resources.
1952年由南京大学、交通大学、同济大学、浙江大学以及华东水利专科学校的水利系科合并成立华东水利学院。
1985 It resumed the original name Hohai University.
1985年恢复传统校名河海大学。