Nanjing Forestry University, located at the foot of Zijin Mountain and near Xuanwu Lake, is a provincial-level key university jointly established by the central and local governments, a national "double-first-class" construction university, and a class A construction university of Jiangsu Province's high-level university construction peak plan. The school was formerly known as the Forestry Department of Central University (founded in 1902) and the Forestry Department of Jinling University (founded in 19 10).

Nanjing Forestry College was merged from 65438 to 0952, which was one of the only three forestry colleges in China at that time. 1955 Huazhong agricultural college (formed by the merger of Wuhan university, Nanchang university and Hubei agricultural college) was merged with the forestry department, and 1972 was renamed Nanjing forestry industry institute. 1983 restored the name of Nanjing Forestry College, and 1985 changed its name to Nanjing Forestry University.

The school actively adapts to the needs of social and economic development and constantly optimizes and adjusts the discipline structure. There are forestry college, material science and engineering college, chemical engineering college, mechanical and electronic engineering college, civil engineering college, economic management college, humanities and social sciences college, information science and technology college, landscape architecture college.

There are 265,438+0 colleges (departments) such as Rational College, Foreign Languages College, Art and Design College, Home and Industrial Design College, Light Industry and Food College, Automobile and Traffic Engineering College, Biology and Environment College, Graduate School, Continuing Education College (Applied Technology College), International Education College, Marxism College and Physical Education Department. At present, there are more than 30,000 full-time students, including more than 8,500 doctoral and master students.

With strong academic strength, complete disciplines and distinctive school-running characteristics, the school is one of the first universities in China with the right to award doctoral and master's degrees as a whole. At present, there are 8 post-doctoral mobile stations, 8 first-level disciplines authorized by doctoral degree, 26 first-level disciplines authorized by master degree, and 9 categories authorized by master degree/kloc-0.

At present, there are 1 national "double-first-class" construction disciplines of forestry engineering, 2 first-class disciplines of forestry engineering and ecology, 4 national key disciplines of forestry genetics and breeding, chemical processing engineering of forest products, wood science and technology and forest protection, 1 national key discipline cultivation point of first-class disciplines of Jiangsu province, 4 dominant disciplines of universities in Jiangsu province, and national key disciplines of Forestry and Grassland Bureau.