1, the specialty of geographic information science originated from the physical geography teaching and research section of the Department of Hydrology, which was established when East China Institute of Water Conservancy (the predecessor of Hohai University) was founded in 1952. It has a long history and profound accumulation. This major was selected as a national first-class undergraduate major construction site, and it is a brand major in Jiangsu Province. In recent five years, China University (Alumni Association Edition) ranked the ninth in the national specialty.

2. Relying on the national key disciplines of Hohai University, such as hydrology, water resources and environmental engineering, geographic information science has become the first geographic higher education major established by the Ministry of Water Resources. Geography is among the top universities in the country with industry characteristics, and it is also an important support for the two first-class disciplines of Hohai University, namely, water conservancy engineering, environmental science and engineering.