Official website of Nanjing Hohai University shows that Nanjing Hohai University is a 2 1 1 university, but it is not a 985 university. Hohai University, located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. The school is characterized by water conservancy, engineering-oriented, and multi-disciplinary coordinated development, ranking 40th in the national comprehensive ranking.

Hohai University is not only the first institution in China with the right to award doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees, but also a national "2 1 1 engineering" key construction university and a "double-class" world-class discipline construction university. 985 and 2 1 1 colleges and universities have been integrated into the construction of double-class colleges and universities, and Hohai University's position in 21/colleges and universities is still stable.