Hohai University University, referred to as "HHU", is a national key university directly under the Ministry of education, jointly built by the Ministry of education, the Ministry of water resources, the State Oceanic Administration and the people's Government of Jiangsu Province, which is characterized by water conservancy, engineering oriented and multi-disciplinary coordinated development. It is one of the first batch of units with the right to confer three-level degrees of doctor, master and bachelor. It is a national "world-class discipline construction university" and a national key university The key construction of "211 Project", "985 project advantage discipline innovation platform" and the establishment of graduate school are selected into the national "111 plan", "excellent engineer education and training plan", National College Students' innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, national construction high-level university public postgraduate project, national new engineering research and practice project, and Chinese government scholarship Chinese students receiving institutions, the National College Students' cultural quality education base, the national college practice education innovation and entrepreneurship base.The predecessor of Hehai University can be traced back to the "Hehai Engineering School" founded in Nanjing in 1915. It is the first institution of higher learning in China to cultivate water conservancy talents. In 1924, he Hai University of technology was established by merging with National Southeast University. In 1927, he Hai University of technology was merged with national fourth Sun Yat sen University, and later renamed National Central University and Nanjing University. In 1952, the water conservancy department of Nanjing University, the water conservancy department of Jiaotong University, the water conservancy group of the Civil Engineering Department of Tongji University, the water conservancy group of the Civil Engineering Department of Zhejiang University, and the East China Water Conservancy College merged to form the East China Water Conservancy College. In 1960, it was recognized as a national key university by the CPC Central Committee. In 1985, the traditional name of Hehai University was restored.According to the information on the official website of the University in April 2019, the university has Xikang Road Campus, Jiangning campus and Changzhou Campus in Nanjing and Changzhou, covering an area of nearly 2580 mu. It has 56 undergraduate majors, 3433 teaching staff and 51499 students with various academic education, including 17142 graduate students, 19841 ordinary undergraduate students, 13052 adult education students and 1464 international students.