1, philosophy.
The Department of Philosophy of Nanjing University was formerly the Department of Philosophy of Central University, which was founded in 1920. 1952, department headcount will be cancelled during department adjustment; 1960, resume the philosophy major in the political department; 1977, philosophy department resumed; In 2000, the Department of Religion was established within the establishment of the Department of Philosophy. Another source of this department is the philosophy department of Jinling University.
The Department of Philosophy is one of the first philosophy departments in China to receive the right to confer doctoral degrees. Since the reform and opening up, the Department of Philosophy has made great achievements in teaching, research and discipline construction, including basic theoretical achievements that are in the leading position or advanced level at home and abroad, as well as applied achievements that directly serve the economic, social and cultural development.
2. University astronomy and space science.
School of Astronomy and Space Science of Nanjing University was established in March, 20 1 1. Its predecessor was the Astronomy Department of Nanjing University, which was founded in 1952. It is the astronomy department with the longest history and the largest number of trained talents among universities in China.
With complete professional settings, complete academic level, strong faculty and rigorous scholarship, the college has been among the best in the previous national astronomical discipline appraisal and enjoys a high reputation. It has four laboratories, namely, the Teaching and Research Center Laboratory, the Solar Tower Laboratory, the Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Ministry of Education, and the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory of Nanjing University.
3. physics.
The Department of Physics of Nanjing University was founded in 1920, and has gone through more than 80 years. Now it has developed into one of the famous physics departments in China and has a certain influence in the world. 1984 adjust the majors of acoustics and radio from the department of physics and set up the department of information physics. 65438-0994, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering was established on the basis of some research groups in the Department of Physics.
The Department of Physics has made great progress in discipline construction, scientific research and personnel training. At present, there are three national key disciplines: condensed matter physics, theoretical physics, microelectronics and solid-state electronics, and there are five doctoral majors: theoretical physics, condensed matter physics, particle physics and nuclear physics, microelectronics and solid-state electronics, and optics.