About NUIST

The University’s relationship with NUIST started in 2009 and led to the creation of a teaching partnership with the Department of Chemistry. This expanded into multiple course offerings and the establishment of the NUIST Reading Academy in 2015, a joint institute approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education. The Academy offers a range of undergraduate degrees in sciences and social sciences, with students spending three years studying in China before coming to Reading for their final year. From September 2018, the Academy has been able to recruit up to 300 students annually across a portfolio of six subjects. From September 2020, this expands with the addition of two new programmes, raising the total number of programmes on offer to eight. University of Reading curricula, materials, assessment and quality assurance procedures are followed at the Academy, helping to raise educational standards and enhance the quality of the degree programmes on offer.  

• 2011: BSc Chemistry joint programme approved by Chinese Ministry of Education (MoE)
• 2014: BSc Business Economics and Trade joint programme approved by Chinese MoE
• 2015: establishment of the joint institute NUIST-Reading Academy between University of Reading (UoR) and Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST) with 6 undergraduate programmes approves by the Chinese MoE
• 2017: NUIST-Reading Academy became a founding member of UK-Jiangsu 20+20 World-Class University Consortium
• 2017: NUIST Reading Academy became a founder member of UK-China Joint Institutes Alliance (JIA)
• 2019: NUIST-Reading Academy passed a Chinese MoE evaluation and audit
• 2020: expansion of the Academy by adding two new UG joint programmes BSc Human and Physical Geography, and BSc Data Science
• 2021: two new joint taught PGT programmes MSc Data Science and MSc Data and Decision Analysis approved by Chinese MoE to recruit students 
• 2021: First cohort of MSc Data and Decision Analysis enrolled at the Academy
• 2022: First cohort of MSc Data Science started at the Academy

Apart from collaborating with NUIST-Reading Academy, University of Reading also established long-lasting partnerships and signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with wider NUIST in 2009. The partnership continued to develop, leading to the signing of the 4+1 Progression Agreement in 2020, followed by the PhD progression Agreement in 2022. These agreements demonstrate the commitment of both institutions to fostering academic excellence and promoting transnational education through collaboration.

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), founded in 1960 and renamed from Nanjing Institute of Meteorology in 2004, is an elite Chinese state Double First Class University Plan university approved by the Ministry of Education of China, located in northern part of Nanjing city, China. It is well known for meteorology research and education. The University was among the world's top 500 universities (QS World University Rankings 2021).

For more information contact nuist-admin@reading.ac.uk.