Research
The university has undertaken tasks and research projects for the Chinese government. Such programs include:
- National Natural Science Foundation of China,
- National High Technology Research and Development Program (863 Program)
- Special Funds for Major State Basic Research Project (973 Project)
- Advanced Wood Science and Technology for the 21st Century (948 Project)
The university has been involved in large projects concerning water conservancy and hydropower, for instance:
- Three Gorges Dam
- South-to- North Water Diversion Project
- Xiaolangdi hydroelectric power station
- Channel dredging and regulation works for the Yangtze River Estuary
- Project of Huaihe River Waterway to Ocean.
It has been involved in large traffic engineering construction projects such as:
- Nanjing Railway
- Nanjing-Shanghai Expressway
- Expressway in Shanfen
- Guangdong, Changjiang Second Bridge
- Runyang Yangtze River Bridge.
Hohai University has won 262 prizes for scientific research work, including 19 state prizes and 185 ministrial and provincial prizes since 1995. More than 11,822 dissertations have been published in academic publications and conferences at home and abroad, over 245 scientific monographs have been printed, and nearly 94 patents has been conferred.
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