Nanjing University is one of the top 5 universities in China, and also one of the first to receive foreign students. It has hosted more than 10,000 international students from over 70 countries to date. Its graduates have gone on to become prominent politicians, businessmen and scholars, among others.

Nanjing University of Science & Technology (NJUST), founded in 1953, is one of the key universities in China under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. It is listed in the first group of universities chosen to be part of China’s “211 Project”, which is designed to develop a hundred first-rate universities during the 21st century. The university has over sixty years experience in providing inspiring and broadened-horizon education. It has become a multi-disciplinary university comprising academic fields including: science, engineering, liberal arts, economics, business, management, law and education.

Southeast University （SEU）, founded in 1902, is a comprehensive key university featured by her strong engineering faculty, directly under the administration of MOE (Ministry of Education, China). Among more than 2,000 higher-learning institutes in China, SEU is one of the oldest and top 20 for its more than a century’s academic excellence and whole-person education. The disciplines of SEU covers the levels of bachelor, master and Ph.D, and the fields of science, engineering, medicine, humanities, law, philosophy, education, economics, management, art, etc.

One of the national key universities under "Project 211", Nanjing Normal University, traced back to "Sanjiang Normal Institute" established in 1902, claims "Suiyuan campus", which is renowned as “The Most Beautiful Campus in the East”, "Xianlin campus" and "Zijin campus" with an area of more than 200 hectares. NNU has 25 schools and offers 80 undergraduate programs, 199 graduate programs and 130 doctoral programs in humanities, social sciences, science, engineering, and art. There are 25,000 full-time students now. NNU, National Base for Teaching Chinese for Foreigners, is one of the earliest universities to open up to the world in China. International students have made their way to NNU since 1965. The university accepted 1600 international students from 123 counties in 2011. NNU has set up 3 Confucius Colleges overseas and has established cooperative relationships with 145 universities in 28 countries and regions.

Hohai University, established in 1915, is a state key university under the direct administration of Ministry of Education of China. It is a comprehensive university with research and study of water conservancy as its main focus, education of engineering subjects as its first priority, and coordinated development of many disciplines covering engineering, science, economics, management, liberal arts, and law. It is also among the group of universities to benefit from Project 211. Located in Nanjing, the capital city of ancient China, Hohai University includes other two beautiful campuses, Changzhou and Jiangning. Hohai University is an ideal place to study with its beautiful scenery and tree-lined campus. Hohai University is one of the first universities in China qualified to award bachelor, master and doctor degrees to international students. Thousands of international students from over 90 countries in Africa, Asia, America, Europe, and Oceania have completed their studies at Hohai University. To encourage high-caliber international students to study at Hohai, the University established Hohai Scholarship for International Students in 2005.