The Software Institute of Nanjing University is one of the earliest model software colleges nominated by the Ministry of Education in China. With its A-rating software engineering education and its State Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, the institute has set up teaching platforms such as the Jiangsu Provincial Software Engineering Experiment and Teaching Center and the National Experiment and Teaching Center for Computer Science and Software Engineering (which was co-built with the Department of Computer Science and Technology). It has also founded some research institutions, for example, the Technical Center for Application Software Engineering.

Currently, the institute offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in software engineering and the professional master’s program in information technology (software engineering). The bachelor’s program in software engineering was selected as a national first-level bachelor’s program in 2019 and won second prize three times in the National Teaching Assessment. This program was nominated as the national top program during China’s Eleventh Five-Year Plan and as the national pilot program for discipline reform during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan. It is also the national pilot project for educational innovation and the national engineering practice project of the Excellent Engineer Training Program launched by the Ministry of Education. Teachers involved in this program were honored with the National Excellent Faculty Award. Besides, it is the key and A-rating flagship program included in the Jiangsu Provincial Excellent Software Engineer Training Program. Moreover, the professional master’s program in software engineering was evaluated as the Great Engineering Program in the National Assessment of Postgraduate Engineering Education.

The institute provides special labs for teaching and research on software testing, embedded software, software availability, computer networks, software development efficiency and intelligent software engineering. It has also set up practice centers with over 80 famous software companies at home and abroad to improve its students’ occupational qualities and employment competitiveness.

NOTE: The university may have additional program-specific eligibility requirements. It is recommended to verify these on the official university website.