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Introduction


The University of Reading (UoR) has a long-established relationship with the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), China's premier university in meteorology. The two institutions established the NUIST-University of Reading Academy in September 2015, after receiving formal approval from the Chinese Ministry of Education.

The partnership grew from research collaborations between the institutions, which are ongoing. Our ambition is to deepen and broaden our teaching base with NUIST while increasing our global presence and reach. Students from NUIST have been coming to UoR for a number of years, both on degree programmes and summer schools. Students from Reading have also visited Nanjing, experiencing Chinese culture first-hand.

NUIST student on bike

Dual-Award Programmes

The Academy offers programmes in which students spend three years studying in China before coming to UoR to complete their final year.

It now offers a range of undergraduate degrees in science and social science: BSc Applied Chemistry, BSc International Economics and Trade, BSc Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, BSc Environmental Engineering and BSc Atmospheric Sciences. These degree programmes are awarded by both NUIST and the University of Reading, with teaching conducted in English.

We now recruit up to 260 students into the Academy annually and hope to expand into postgraduate areas in the coming years.

NUIST building 1

Research connections

Professor Yan Ma, Executive Dean of the NUIST-University of Reading Academy

Professor Yan Ma is an atmospheric chemist. She was a PhD student and post doc at the University of Reading from 2002 to 2008.

Yan returned to China to a position as lecturer in the School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering in 2009 and soon after became Head of Department of Chemistry. In 2014 she became Deputy Director of the International office at NUIST and subsequently Vice Dean of the NUIST-University of Reading Academy. 

She has several large research grants and is Deputy Director of the Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control.

Professor Mindong Chen, former Dean of the School of Environmental Science and Engineering at NUIST

Professor Mindong Chen was a visiting researcher from NUIST  in the Department of Chemistry at Reading from 2002-2004. He worked with Professor Laurence Harwood on peptide synthesis and carried out cycloaddition reactions on aromatic azides.

  • See an example of Professor Mindong Chen's research

Zhou Jin

We have so far hosted 5 visiting NUIST academics at the University of Reading. The first to sit fully within an economics research area was Zhou Jin. 

Her research is based on innovation economics/economics of innovation. She participated in seminars, and a number of sessions organised by CQSD. 

Academic visits have been important for NUIST as a means of accessing information and improving English ability.

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Woman climbing stairs in Nanjing, China

meet the staff

We are proud to have an excellent team working with us to develop and maintain the success and reputation of the Academy. Find out more about our staff and their areas of expertise.

Meet the staff of the NUIST-University of Reading Academy

NUIST Outlook of the whole building

Related links

  • Previous and current Chemistry students and projects
  • 3+1 BSc Applied Chemistry with NUIST – further information
NUIST campus

Contact

If you have any enquiries about the NUIST-University of Reading Academy please contact:

Martin McCarthy
International Partnerships Manager (China)
m.mccarthy@reading.ac.uk

The way the lecturers from Reading taught was mind-opening and very helpful. The experiments made me realize there were still many things that needed explanations and that the chemistry was far from well-understood, and that made me excited.

I started digging into different theories and topics myself with the help of my supervisor and other staff in the department (they are all very kind and helpful). I learnt from papers and books, I got ideas and sometimes was able to test them in experiments. As I learnt more and more, I started building up my own knowledge system and learning became easier. 

Eventually I chose to further my study with an MSc in chemistry at Reading with Dr Chris Smith and now I am thinking about applying for a PhD.

Kai Guo
3+1 BSc Applied Chemistry with NUIST and now MSc Chemistry at the University of Reading

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