Graduate Programs
Posted At：2008-9-19 14:33:59
Nanjing Normal University features a long history of postgraduate education. It was one the first higher education institutions in China which resumed the graduate programs in 1978. At present, its student enrollment is over 4600, and offers 94 master's degree programs, 42 Ph.D. programs, and 7 post-doctoral stations as well as Master of Education program. Various disciplines boast a comprehensive range, including philosophy, economics, law, educational science, arts, history, engineering, science, administration, and agriculture.
With 3 national key disciplines and 13 provincial key disciplines, Nanjing Normal University boasts a good number of distinguished instructors who are engaging in advanced teaching and research. There are 137 Ph.D. supervisors, 450 MA supervisors in NNU. Since 1978, over 1750 students have received master's degree; more than 290 students have received doctoral degree. For the last few years, the School has enrolled a large number of postgraduate students from all over the world including those from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Russia etc. At the same time, a growing number of instructors and students have been sent to the universities abroad for joint education programs and degree studies.
Providing the graduates with an exellent environment for study, research and living, Nanjing Normal University has been established as a center for teaching and research. It is sparing no effort in nurturing more highly qualified specialists to meet the needs of economic construction and social development, to promote international academic and cultural exchanges, and to advance social progress and prosperity. With the progress of graduate programs, leaders of NNU aim at ranking the university among the nation's best higher educational institutions at the beginning of the next century.