Listen to this articleSoutheast University (SEU)（东南大学：Dōnɡnán Dàxué） is one of the national key universities administered directly under the Ministry of Education of China. It is also one of the first universities accredited by the State Council to determine and approve the qualifications of professors, associate professors and doctorial supervisors. It is also one of the universities of “Project 211” and “985 Program” that is financed by the central government to build as a world-class university.
Southeast University has become a comprehensive university of high reputation comprised of various departments of science, engineering, art, social sciences, law, economics, management, languages, etc., with engineering as its focus. The university boasts over 40 schools or departments with 60 undergraduate disciplines in all. It also has 15 post-doctoral stations, and offers 105 PhD programs and 200 Master programs; it holds a national lead in architecture, civil engineering, electronics, information technology, energy, power engineering, and transportation technology.
The total number of faculty and staff is 6000, including 1500 full or associate professors, 300 doctoral supervisors, 7 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Academy of Engineering. The university, which has 15 “Changjiang Scholar” professorships, can engage 30 scholars as “Changjiang Scholar” Professors, and now 20 have been engaged. At present, the full-time students number over 26000, of whom about 9000 are postgraduates.
Southeast University encourages the school spirit of “rigor, truthfulness, unity and diligence”, i.e., adopting the rigorous, truthful, realistic scientific attitude and working spirit of full cooperation. It has turned out more than 200000 excellent personnel, among whom there are 153 academicians. With the quality education strengthened, its graduates not only have excellent theoretical competence and practical skills, but also possess a wide range of knowledge and abilities. Its average undergraduate employment rate goes beyond 99% upon graduation.
Southeast University was traditionally at the head of the universities in Southeast China. Now, all its faculty and staff members are making concerted efforts to build it into a world-class university through integration, innovation, unity and diligence.
