Many local colleges and universities have been rated as A+: "Characteristics" have become the vane of higher education.

At the end of 20 17, in the fourth round of national discipline evaluation published by the Center for Degree and Postgraduate Education Development of the Ministry of Education, three local universities in Jiangsu Province-Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing Medical University and Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology were all rated as A+.

Among them, forestry engineering and forestry of Nanjing Forestry University, public health and preventive medicine of Nanjing Medical University and atmospheric science of Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology were all rated as A+.

According to the analysis of some education experts, from the "double-first-class" construction implemented in June 20 17 to the fourth round of discipline evaluation in colleges and universities recently announced, it has released an obvious signal that China's higher education pays more and more attention to discipline characteristics.

"The future development of colleges and universities lies not in scale, but in advantages and characteristics; The discipline category is not large and complete, and the key is strength and innovation. " Yang Ping, dean of the Graduate School of Nanjing Forestry University and director of the discipline office, said.

Characteristic disciplines have changed from unpopular to hot spots.

It is no accident that forestry and forestry engineering of Nanjing Forestry University were rated as A+.

Counting, the forestry and forestry engineering majors of Nanjing Forestry University have a history of one hundred years, which can be traced back to the forestry department established by Jinling University 19 15 and the forestry department established by Central University 1930. Forestry engineering and forestry are both disciplines with special advantages and distinctive characteristics formed in the long history of running a school.

The profound historical accumulation has accumulated rich academic resources for the development of the discipline. In the upsurge of enrollment expansion in colleges and universities and marching into comprehensive universities, the distinctive and advantageous disciplines of Nanjing Forestry University have not been weakened.

"The' double forest' discipline of forestry engineering and forestry science is like two backbones in the school discipline construction system. Other forestry-related disciplines and non-forestry disciplines are like side branches attached to the trunk, supporting the vigorous development of the whole system. " Wang Hao, president of Nanjing Forestry University, vividly compared this.

Under the top-level design with accurate objectives and scientific planning, all disciplines of Nanjing Forestry University closely focus on the advantages and characteristics of forestry-related disciplines such as forestry and ecology and the mission of ecological civilization construction and service, and cooperate, support and serve the development of dominant disciplines in the school from different angles to achieve the coordinated development of "trunk" and "lush foliage".

"Pay attention to characteristics and win by quality." Wang Hao said, "Our idea is to combine the economic development of countries and regions, our own historical advantages and the needs of future social development, base ourselves on green, create characteristics and win better social reputation through characteristics."

Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology's predecessor, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, is the first meteorological institution of higher learning in New China, and is known as "the cradle of meteorological talents in China".

The name of the school has changed, but Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology has always been rooted in the meteorological industry, and his major is getting stronger and stronger.

20 12 the discipline of atmospheric science in Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology ranks first in China in the third round of discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education. 20 17 got A+ in the fourth round of subject evaluation. The university earth science discipline ranks in the top of the global ESI ranking 1%, and the atmospheric discipline contributes more than 70%.

Unlike the first two universities, the discipline of public health and preventive medicine in Nanjing Medical University has only a history of more than 20 years. From 65438 to 0995, Professor Wang Xinru, then dean of the School of Public Health of South Medical University, realized the importance of basic research, sex research and subject integration for the development of disciplines, and took the lead in putting forward the concept of "big discipline".

School of Public Health of Nanjing Medical University took the lead in abolishing the teaching and research section and reorganizing the department. On this basis, it gradually integrated into a discipline group. In recent years, we have stepped out of the field of public health, closely combined with clinical medicine, tumor research, reproductive health and other disciplines, integrated resources, teamwork and collaborative innovation.

This forward-looking strategic adjustment has made Nanjing Medical University one of the earliest universities in China to start the discipline construction of public health and preventive medicine. In this round of evaluation, Nanjing Medical University got an A+ among 54 participating universities in China.

Talent is the core of discipline construction.

Talent is the core competitiveness of discipline construction and the knowledge of colleges and universities.

In terms of talent team construction, Nanjing Forestry University has a definite aim. In the last round of discipline evaluation, Nanjing Forestry University ranked forestry science and forestry engineering in the top 3 and 5 respectively. The school repeatedly looks for "shortcomings" according to various index systems, and takes the construction of talent team as the focus of precision discipline construction.

In 20 12, Nanjing Forestry University released a series of talent training programs, and launched the "Chief Scientist Support Program" and the "Young and Middle-aged Leading Talents Training Program" to recruit leading talents and high-level talents at home and abroad; Simplify the examination and approval procedures and introduce high-end talents flexibly.

Paying equal attention to scientific research and teaching and paying attention to the cultivation of students are the important contents of this subject evaluation.

Nanjing Forestry University is notoriously strict in improving the quality of undergraduate and graduate education. The school has established a three-dimensional evaluation system of "quality of training process", "quality of students in school" and "quality of graduates", and implemented a process management system combining early warning with assistance. Since September, 49 students in this school have been persuaded to leave.

In this round of evaluation, personnel training has added a lot to Nanjing Forestry University.

In the construction of subject talents, each school has its own strengths and recruits international high-end talents.

Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology has introduced a number of high-level talents from famous universities such as Harvard University, Cambridge University and University of California at Berkeley. At present, there are 21/kloc-0 full-time teachers in atmospheric science, with a doctoral degree rate of 94.3% and an internationalization rate of 79.6%.

Academician Wang Huijun is the chairman of China Meteorological Society and the chairman of WCRP China Committee, and joined Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology full-time; Li Xuhui, a top scientist in the world and a tenured professor at Yale University in the United States, led the construction of the "Atmospheric Environment Research Center".

Nanjing Medical University regards the excellent talent team as the top priority for the sustained and stable development of the discipline. Since the late 1990s, the college has continuously sent young teachers to well-known universities at home and abroad for further study, and trained outstanding talents with advanced ideas and international vision. Nowadays, the school sends young teachers to Harvard University, National Institutes of Health and other top universities or scientific research institutions for further study, visit and cooperative research every year.

National famous teacher, * distinguished professor, winner of National Jieqing Fund of "Ten Million Talents Project in the New Century", young people * ... Nanjing Medical University has established an academic team with reasonable structure, sufficient stamina and core competitiveness. In the past five years, he has presided over 37 national scientific research projects/KLOC-0 and more than 90 provincial and ministerial projects.

Professor Shen, president of Nanjing Medical University, said: "The construction of talent team is the key to the development of public health discipline. Through the implementation of the strategy of strengthening the hospital with talents, we will formulate the policy of talent special zones, pay equal attention to introduction and training, and strive to build a teaching team with reasonable echelon structure, exquisite professional ability, international vision and innovative spirit. "

Internationalization is the accelerator of discipline construction.

In the northeast corner of Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology campus, 100 flags fluttered in the wind, which witnessed that the school has trained more than 3,400 middle and senior meteorological technicians and managers for 155 countries and regions. China has the only regional training center of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Asia, which was rated as the most active training center by then WMO Secretary-General Jarraud and won the WMO Special Award.

Building a scientific research platform in cooperation with internationally renowned universities is a * * * feature of first-class disciplines.

In 20 12, the joint laboratory for international cooperation on "Climate and Environmental Change" jointly established by Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology and Yale University became one of the first three laboratories approved by the Ministry of Education. The school has also built the world's largest comprehensive observation base for campus meteorology, and has a meteorological observatory with the technical equipment level of the Central Meteorological Observatory.

Li Beiqun, president of Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, believes that internationalization is an "accelerator" for the leap-forward development of disciplines. Pay attention to the forefront of international research, strengthen exchanges and interactions, and scientific research should not be done behind closed doors.

Nanjing Forestry University has established extensive academic exchanges and cooperation with 69 universities and scientific research institutions in more than 20 countries, including the United States, Germany, Canada, Britain, Sweden, Russia, Japan, Italy, Finland, France and Iran.

The School of Public Health of Nanjing Medical University and the School of Public Health of Harvard University have established the "Joint Laboratory for Environmental and Health Risk Assessment", and jointly carried out major scientific research projects and personnel training with international famous schools such as Johns Hopkins University and UCLA.

Gathering high-quality scientific research resources and sharing them with the platform is another * * * feature of the scientific research platform in colleges and universities. The annual service volume of the scientific research platform of Nanjing Medical University exceeds 50,000 person-times.

"When the conditions are good, people will gather, the team will be stronger, and there will be more ideas, and the academic level will naturally go up." Professor Zhou Jianwei from the School of Public Health of Nanjing Medical University said.

Scientific research should not only be indomitable but also stand firm, especially in these first-class disciplines. Universities have also achieved fruitful results in the transformation of scientific research achievements.

Nanjing Forestry University has signed comprehensive cooperation agreements with more than 50 local governments and large backbone enterprises in China, and established school-enterprise alliances with 352 enterprises. Major technological achievements such as hybrid Liriodendron cell engineering breeding technology, ginkgo cultivation and processing, and deep processing of forest products have been transformed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang and other provinces, and remarkable economic and social benefits have been achieved. Taking Jiangsu Province as an example, the forest coverage rate has increased from less than 4% before the reform and opening up to 22.5% at present, among which the scientific and technological contribution from Nanjing Forestry University is indispensable.

Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology has developed a smog monitoring and air quality forecasting system, which has been widely used. Professor San.z's research group has mastered and improved various air quality models, and realized the traceability of particulate matter and gas pollutants. The results of "Tracing Environmental Assessment Model Based on WRF Chemistry" led by him have been transformed and applied in the National Meteorological Center.

Li Beiqun believes that internationalization broadens the horizons and ideas of scientific research, makes scientific research skills stand out, pays attention to practical problems and finds solutions, which is the only way to build a truly first-class discipline. ;