Southeast University (SEU, Pinyin: Dōngnán Dàxué, Simplified Chinese: 东南大学), colloquially Dongda (Pinyin: Dōngdà, Simplified Chinese: 东大) is a public, coeducational research university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
SEU is one of the national key universities administered directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It is also one of the first universities accredited by the State Council to determine and approve the qualifications of professor, associate professor and doctoral supervisor. In 1995, the university passed the assessment by the Ministry of Education for Project 211 and was listed as one of the universities that will be financed by the state as part of that project. In 1996, it was assessed as an outstanding university for its excellent undergraduate education. Since 2000, SEU has been a member of Project 985, which financially supports the university to achieve the goal of being a top and world-famous university. SEU is also one of the eight universities which are conventionally known as the best universities in Architecture in China.
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