Although Southeast University is a strong old 985 university, its popularity is not too high in the minds of many candidates from other provinces. Southeast University is even mistaken for a junior in Fujian by many people. Southeast University has undergone many adjustments, mergers and relocations, and its historical background is complex. Although the school was renamed Southeast University from 1988, in 2000, the former Southeast University merged with Nanjing Railway Medical College and Nanjing Jiaotong University and merged into Nanjing Geological School to form a new Southeast University.