Brief Introduction
The School of Applied Meteorology was established from the Faculty of Agricultural Meteorology of Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, which was established in 1960 and was renamed Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST) in 2004. The Faculty was founded by China’s outstanding agricultural meteorologist Mr. Feng Xiuzao. The School had its current name in August 2006. There are 3 B.S. majors in Applied Meteorology (including Public Meteorological Service direction), Ecology, and Agricultural Resources and Environment, 3 M.S. majors in Applied Meteorology, Ecology, and Agricultural Resources and Environment, and 2 Ph.D. major in Applied Meteorology and Environmental Ecology in the School. The major of Applied Meteorology is Provincial Feature Major, Provincial Brand Major and has been ranked as A++ in national evaluation for many years successively. The discipline of Atmospheric Science is a national key discipline and provincial advantageous discipline and was ranked No. 1 in the National Third Discipline Evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education of China. The School undertakes the teaching task on agricultural meteorology for the World Meteorological Organization Regional Training Center located in Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST). The School is a member institute of the Agricultural Meteorology and Ecology Committee of the China Meteorological Society.
Currently, there are 89 staff members in the School, including 29 professors and 34 associate professors. We have 279 undergraduate students and 252 postgraduate students. We boast 28 talents who are National Recruitment Program Experts, Jiangsu Provincial Entrepreneurial and Innovative Talents, Jiangsu Provincial 333 High-Level Talents, Jiangsu Provincial Six High Peaks Talents, Academic Leaders and Backbone Young Teachers in Jiangsu Provincial Education Department’s Cyan-Blue Project. We also have 3 research teams which won titles as MOE S&T Innovative Team, Jiangsu Provincial Entrepreneurial and Innovative Team and Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding S&T Innovative Team. We have several research and teaching platforms such as Yale-NUIST Atmospheric Environment Center, Jiangsu Provincial Agricultural Meteorology Key Lab, Jiangsu Provincial Applied Meteorology Experiment and Teaching Model Center, National First-Level Agricultural Meteorology Experiment Station of China Meteorological Administration, Drought Research and Experiment Base in East China, Agricultural Resources and Environment Analysis Lab and Agricultural Resources and Environment Information Technology Lab.
Staff and students
Over the years, about 3000 Bachelor students and 600 Master students and 30 PhD students have graduated from the College. The college has 24 PhD students, 160 postgraduates and 541 undergraduates. The College is known for its strong expertise in the field of agro-meteorology and applied meteorology in China. At present, there are 7 supervisors of PhD student, 8 professors and 11 associate professors in the College. The College has enjoyed a good reputation both at domestic and abroad for its new system of integrating teaching with research and service.
Teaching and learning
Teaching facilities include agro-meteorological experimental station under the guide of CMA, analysis laboratory of agricultural resources and environment, joint scientific test base of arid meteorology, school library and study area, and computer laboratories.
Research
Applied Meteorology at NUIST is world-renowned for its pioneering research on agri-climatic resources, weather and agricultural disaster prevention and mitigation, agricultural ecological environment, climate change and agriculture, agro-meteorological monitoring and forecasting. The school is closely related to China Meteorology .The Yale-NUIST Center on atmospheric environment is jointly sponsored by Yale University and Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST). Established in 2011, the Center carries out research and education on pollution and resource issues related to China’s atmospheric environment, and promotes academic exchange between the two universities. Association is the designated unit to offer training on agriculture meteorology and it assumes the responsibility of training for World Meteorology Organization.
Degree programs
Bachelor’s Degree (4 Years)
1、Applied Meteorology
2、Applied Meteorology(target at Public Meteorology Service)
3、Agricultural Resources and Environment
4、Ecology
Master’s Degree(3 Years)
1、Applied Meteorology
2、Agricultural Resources and Environment
3、Ecology
Doctor’s Degree(3 Years)
1、Applied Meteorology
2、Environmental Ecology
Research
Atmospheric environment center/The team of Double gen plan
The research group of Yanlin Zhang focuses on atmospheric chemistry as well as the development and application of stable isotope and radiocarbon for bulk and compound specific analysis of air pollutant. Atmospheric aerosols become a great concern due to their impacts on radiation balance (climate effect), severe adverse long-term and short-term effects on human health, reduced visibility, and other environmental impacts through their wet/dry deposition with acid, toxic compounds and nutrients to ecosystems and crops. Yanlin’s research interest in general is to improve our understanding of the composition, source and formation process of atmospheric aerosols. He has contributed to over 50 peer-reviewed publications, including publications in Nature, Environmental Science and Technology and Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology
The key laboratory was founded in 2010 based on the agro-meteorological laboratory of Nanjing Meteorology College from 1960 by Mr. Feng Xiuzao. The research was mainly focused on climate change on the agriculture, climate resources for the agriculture, agro-meteorology disasters forecasting, and facility agro-meteorological services. There are 76 fixed faculties, including 23 professors and 26 associate professors. The key laboratory has 5 labs mainly about the meteorology factors monitoring, irrigation experiment, and greenhouse for climate change modelling. Moreover, the key laboratory published more than 40 papers that included by SCI for one year and had more than 10 projects from National Natural Science Fund.
Contact us
Office of International Relations
Xiang Zhao
Tel: +86 25 58731193
Email: zhaoxiang@nuist.edu.cn
School office
Yuqian Wu
Tel: +86 25 58731134
Email: yqian@nuist.edu.cn
Student Affairs
Jing Hao
Tel: +86 25 58731539
Email: 850022@nuist.edu.cn
