The overall strength of the two schools should be that Nanjing Institute of Technology is better, but they each have their own strengths in majors.
Nanjing University of Science and Technology is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that focuses on engineering and coordinates the development of science, engineering, liberal arts, economics, management, law, teaching, art and other disciplines. It is one of the key universities in the national "211 Project" and "985 Project Advantageous Discipline Innovation Platform". It is one of the universities selected by the "111 Project", "Excellence Plan" and "China-Russian Engineering University Alliance". It is known as the "cradle of weapons technical talents" ” the reputation. It is the only unit in Jiangsu that has won the titles of "Jiangsu Province's Top Ten Patent Gold Awards" and "Top Ten Patent Inventors" for four consecutive years. It has established the country's first national patent industrialization pilot base based on the construction of universities and university science parks. It has made important contributions to national defense and national economic construction.
Hohai University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education with a history of nearly a century, featuring water conservancy, engineering as the main subject, and multi-disciplinary coordinated development. It is among the first batch of national universities authorized to award bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. Degree, a university that implements the key construction of the national "211 Project", the construction of the "985 Project Advantageous Discipline Innovation Platform" and the establishment of a graduate school. It has the National Key Laboratory of Hydrology, Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering Science and the National Engineering Research on Efficient Utilization of Water Resources and Engineering Safety. center. As of 2014, Hohai University has 6 national and provincial and ministerial level key laboratories, 10 national and provincial and ministerial level engineering research centers; 12 postdoctoral mobile stations; 12 first-level discipline doctoral programs, and 66 second-level doctoral programs. There are doctoral degree programs in disciplines; 35 master's degree programs in first-level disciplines, 198 master's degree programs in second-level disciplines; and 11 professional master's degree categories. The comprehensive strength of water conservancy engineering and civil engineering disciplines is in a leading position in the country. The water conservancy engineering discipline has the strongest overall strength, with many supporting and related disciplines. It is the highest institution of water conservancy science in China.