1, Nanjing University, formerly known as Sanjiang Normal School, is a comprehensive national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and the Central Government. The national key majors are geology, atmospheric science and physics. Foreigners' recognition and international reputation of Nanjing University are quite high, and the teaching staff is top in the country.

2. Southeast University, directly under the Ministry of Education, is one of the original four engineering colleges. It has national key majors in traffic engineering, biomedical engineering and civil engineering. For graduate students, Southeast University is a university with better engineering and stronger comprehensive strength.

Hohai University, famous for its water conservancy, is a national key university jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Water Resources, the State Oceanic Administration and the People's Government of Jiangsu Province. The national key majors are environmental engineering, hydrology and water resources engineering and port waterway and Hai 'an engineering. In water conservancy, it is definitely the top university in China, and civil engineering is also good.