The history of geology in Nanjing University can be traced back to the Department of Geology of National Southeast University, which was founded in 192 1 and has a history of 87 years. The Department of Geology of National Southeast University includes geology, geography and meteorology, with Mr. Zhu Kezhen as the first dean. Later, National Southeast University was renamed National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University, and later changed to Central University.
1930 65438+ 10, the discipline of geology was separated from the Department of Geology and the Department of Geology of Central University was established, with Mr. Li Xueqing as the first dean.
After 1949, Central University was renamed Nanjing University, and the organizational system of the Geology Department remained unchanged, with Mr. Xu Keqin as the head of the department. Both the scale of running a school and the speed of development are unprecedented.
From 65438 to 0986, the Department of Geology was renamed the Department of Earth Sciences, and Professor Yu Jianhua was the head of the department.
From June, 5438 to October, 2008, Nanjing University established the School of Earth Science and Engineering on the basis of the original Department of Earth Sciences, with Professor Wang Rucheng as the president.
Over the past 90 years, the School of Earth Science and Engineering of Nanjing University has trained nearly 10,000 geological talents who have fought in all directions of the motherland through the diligent efforts and down-to-earth work of several generations, and made outstanding contributions to the geological cause of the motherland.
Adhering to the principle of giving priority to teaching and giving priority to scientific research, the College has established discipline construction as the leader and team building as the core, consolidated and expanded traditional dominant disciplines, actively developed emerging applied disciplines, and built the College into a talent training and scientific research base with important international influence and great contribution to the country.