The Jintan Campus of Hohai University has specialties such as new energy science and engineering, intelligence science and technology, Internet of Things engineering, intelligent manufacturing engineering, big data science and technology, artificial intelligence, marine science and engineering, underwater acoustic engineering, new materials and new energy.

The major in Jintan Campus of Hohai University mainly focuses on new engineering, which is highly matched with the emerging industries in Changzhou and Jintan. For example, the Suda Future Campus in Wujiang named the university after the "future" and set up "new engineering" majors such as artificial intelligence and big data, which is in line with the emerging industries in Wujiang and Taihu New Town.