Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Nanjing University of Science and Technology or NJUST (Chinese: 南京理工大学, pinyin: Nánjīng Lǐgōng Dàxué; colloquially 南理工, pinyin: Nánlǐgōng) is one of the national key universities under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China. The institute was successively called Artillery Engineering Institute (1960-1966), Engineering Institute of Eastern China (1966-1984), and East China Institute of Technology (1984-1993), and finally to its current name in 1993. It is a science-oriented university located in Xuanwu District in the east suburban area of Nanjing, China. The university places emphasis on both education and research, and is listed in the national 211 Project. The main campus is located in 200 Xiaolingwei, Xuanwu district, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.