The major of chemical engineering in Nanjing University of Technology is better than that in Southeast University. Although Nanjing University of Technology is not a national key construction university for the 2 1 1 and 985 projects, its major is industry, while Southeast University's major is architecture and medicine, and its major is chemical engineering.

Nanjing University of Technology, with a history of one hundred years, is one of the first selected 14 universities in the "Innovation Ability Improvement Plan for Colleges and Universities" (201plan), and the first batch of key construction universities in Jiangsu Province, pilot universities for comprehensive reform in Jiangsu Province, pilot universities for strengthening universities with talents in Jiangsu Province, and pilot universities for training outstanding engineers and comprehensive reform in postgraduate education with professional degrees in the Ministry of Education.

Southeast University, called Dongda for short, is located in Nanjing. It is a national key university directly under the central government and the Ministry of Education. It is one of the eight famous universities in China, and the first batch of key universities in "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project". He is the main member of the excellent university alliance, the Sino-Russian engineering university alliance and the China-Europe engineering education platform selected by the excellent engineer education and training plan, the excellent doctor education and training plan, the plan 20 1 1, and the plan1.