42nd International JVE Conference

Hohai University is a research university in Nanjing. The university's main focus is the research and study of coastal engineering, hydraulic engineering, water resources, ocean engineering and it primarily educates engineering subjects, with coordinated development of engineering, science, economics, management, arts and law. It is part of Project 211 (a development initiative by the Chinese government involving over 100 key universities) and has set up a graduate school. It is also a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class Discipline University, with Double First Class status in certain disciplines.

Hohai, with its international exchange and cooperation arrangements, was one of the first universities entitled by the State Council to confer the degrees of Doctor, Master and Bachelor upon overseas students. It has trained hundreds of Doctors, Masters and bachelor's degree students for overseas countries and districts, and has established inter-universities cooperative relationships with nearly 50 universities from more than 20 countries and districts.

Jinan Univeristy is one of the oldest universities established on China tracing back to the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).

Jinan University was founded in 1906 in Nanjing, whose mission is to spread Chinese learning and culture from North to South, and from China overseas. It is the first university in China to recruit foreign students, and is currently a Chinese university with the largest number of international students.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is a major research university in Shanghai. Established in 1896 as Nanyang Public School by an imperial edict issued by the Guangxu Emperor, it has been referred to as "The MIT of the East" since the 1930s. It is renowned as one of the oldest, most prestigious and selective universities in China. Shanghai Jiao Tong is a C9 League university and a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Double First Class University.

Jiangxi University of Science and Technology (JUST), formerly Southern Institute of Metallurgy, was established in 1958. On June 6, 2004, ratified by the State Education Commission, it was renamed as Jiangxi University of Science and Technology. It was initially subordinated to the former State Metallurgical Ministry and subsequently to the former China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation (CNNC). Since September 1998, the university has been under the jurisdiction of both the Central government and the Jiangxi Provincial government, mainly under the administration of the latter