Southeast University is a national key university directly under the Central Committee and the Ministry of Education. It is one of the key universities under the "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project". It was listed as Class A of first-class university construction in 20 17. The school is located in Nanjing, a famous historical and cultural city, covering an area of 5888 mu. There are four campuses: Sipailou, Jiulong Lake and Dingjiaqiao.

Southeast University is one of the earliest institutions of higher learning established in China, and is known as "the Holy Land of Institutions of Higher Learning" and "the first-class institution in Southeast China". The predecessor of Southeast University is Sanjiang Normal School, which was founded in 1902.

During the period of 1952, the national departments were adjusted, with the former Engineering College of Central University as the main body, and successively merged into relevant departments of Fudan University, Jiaotong University, Zhejiang University and Jinling University, and Nanjing Institute of Technology was established in the original site of Central University.

1988 In May, the school was renamed Southeast University, and its anniversary was on June 6th every year (the anniversary of the former National Southeast University). In April 2000, the former Southeast University, Nanjing Railway Medical College and Nanjing Jiaotong University merged, and Nanjing Geological School merged to form a new Southeast University.