Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology(NUIST) is a university in the list of “Double First-Class” university project. It enjoys the reputation of “the cradle of China's meteorological talents”. NUIST was founded in 1960 and renamed from Nanjing Institute of Meteorology in 2004, was designated in 1978 as one of the key institutions of higher learning in China. NUIST adheres to the great school spirit of “hard work and plain living, studious study, pursuit of truth and self-improvement”, abides by the school motto of “Promotion of Virtue, Investigation of Nature, Cultivation of Self, Construction of Society”, focus on talent training and takes the cultivation of top elites, innovative and entrepreneurial talents and international talents as the guidance. The university has built a talent training system with distinctive features by continuously deepening education and teaching reform. Since its establishment, more than 200,000 graduates of various types have been cultivated. Among the alumni, a number of outstanding talents such as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, strategic experts and officials of international organizations have emerged. Many alumni have become the business backbone and scientific research elite of the meteorological industry in China and even the world. The school has been praised by the society as “the cradle of meteorological talents”. NUIST actively promotes cooperation and construction between home and abroad in converging educational resources and expanding educational space. The university has established the comprehensive cooperation with meteorological bureaus and research institutes of all provinces and cities in China and created the university-enterprise research institute jointly with a number of well-known domestic enterprises. Adhering to the principle of open education, the university has established cooperation with more than 100 famous universities in talent cultivation and scientific research, including Harvard University, Yale University and University of Reading. The Institute of International Education in the university, supported by the Chinese government, Confucius Institute Headquarters, Jiangsu Province Government Scholarship and Nanjing Municipal Government Scholarship, is qualified to recruit international students. NUIST established the Confucius Institute at the University of the Bahamas. The United Nations World Meteorological Organization Regional Training Center and International Typhoon Committee Training Center established in NUIST are the world’s largest training centers with the highest quality, which is highly praised and specially awarded by the World Meteorological Organization.

南京信息工程大学是国家“双一流”建设高校。享有“中国气象人才摇篮”之美誉，其前身南京大学气象学院始建于1960年。1963年独立建校为南京气象学院，1978年被确定为全国重点大学，2004年更名为南京信息工程大学。

学校秉承“艰苦朴素、勤奋好学、追求真理、自强不息”的优良校风，恪守“明德格物、立己达人”的校训，坚持以人才培养为中心，以培养拔尖精英人才、创新创业人才、国际化人才为导向，不断深化教育教学改革，构建了特色鲜明的人才培养体系。建校以来，已培养各类毕业生20万余人，校友中涌现出一批两院院士、战略专家、国际组织官员等杰出人才，众多校友成为中国乃至世界气象行业的业务骨干和科研精英，学校被社会誉为“气象人才的摇篮”。

学校积极推动海内外合作共建，着力汇聚办学资源、拓展办学空间，与全国各省市区气象局，研究所建立了全面合作关系，与多家国内知名企业联合成立校企研究院。坚持开放办学，与美国哈佛大学、耶鲁大学、英国雷丁大学等100多所著名高校建立了人才培养、科学研究的合作关系。学校建有国际教育学院，拥有中国政府、国家汉办、江苏省政府奖学金、南京市政府奖学金等招收来华留学生资格；创办巴哈马大学“孔子学院”；设在学校的“联合国世界气象组织区域培训中心”及“国际台风委员会培训中心”是全球培训规模最大、质量名列前茅的培训中心，受到世界气象组织的高度评价和特别嘉奖。

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