? Both schools are 2 1 1 universities, and Hohai University is slightly better. According to this year's university rankings, Hohai University ranks 60th, and Jiangnan University ranks 65th, with very close strength.

Hohai University, located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Water Resources, the State Oceanic Administration and Jiangsu Province, a national 2 1 1 engineering key university, a 985 dominant discipline innovation platform, and a double-class world-class discipline construction university. It is the first batch of authorized units for doctor, master and bachelor degrees in China, and its predecessor can be traced back to 19 15.

Jiangnan University, located in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, is directly under the Ministry of Education, a national 2 1 1 engineering key university, a double-class world-class discipline construction university, an excellent planning university, a national high-level public postgraduate project university and a national new engineering research and practice project university. The school originated from Sanjiang Normal College founded by 1902. 200 1 Wuxi University of Light Industry and Wuxi Institute of Education merged to form Jiangnan University.