Introduction to the School of Ecological Civilization Communication and the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences 

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Nanjing Forestry University is located in the ancient capital of Nanjing, where people gather. It has campuses in Xinzhuang, Lishui, Baima, and Huai'an. It is a university jointly built by the Jiangsu Provincial Government, the Ministry of Education, and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. It is also a national "Double First Class" construction university and an A-level construction university under the Jiangsu Province High Level University Construction Peak Plan.

The School of Ecological Civilization Communication and the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, as the humanistic highlands in the multidisciplinary matrix of Nanjing Forestry University, can be traced back to the Marxist Leninist Teaching and Research Office established in 1952 (one of the earliest departments in the school). After the development and leap of the Department of Social Sciences (1985) and the Department of Social Sciences (1993), the college was officially established in 1999, and wrote the most magnificent humanistic chapter in the new journey of high-quality development of the school. In November 2025, the school established the "Ecological Civilization Communication College" on the basis of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, which is the world's first ecological civilization communication college. The college shares office space with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The college never forgets its original aspiration and mission, adheres to educating talents for the Party and the country, and has built a talent training system that integrates undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. There are five departments including the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, the Department of Advertising and Communication, the Department of Sociology, the Department of Radio and Television and New Media System, and the Department of Network and New Media System. There are six undergraduate majors including Chinese Language and Literature, Advertising, Social Work, Radio and Television, Chinese International Education, and Network and New Media. Among them, the Advertising major is a national first-class major, the Jiangsu Province brand major, and the Radio and Television major is a first-class major in Jiangsu Province. It has shown strong performance in the Alumni Association's China University First Class Major and Soft Science China University Major rankings. The college has two doctoral training directions in ecology (ecological civilization communication) and design (history and theory of human-computer interaction communication design), one master's degree authorization point in journalism and communication, and three professional degree authorization categories in journalism and communication, international Chinese education, and agriculture (rural development). At present, there are more than 2500 students of various types in school. The professional disciplines present a high-quality development trend with distinct characteristics, prominent focus, flying geese in formation, and cross integration.

The college has abundant platform resources, including one national research center, one national science popularization base, one national college students' cultural quality education base, one State Key Laboratory (preparatory) for international communication of public big data and ecological civilization, and one Jiangsu digital media practical education center. We have 2 school level research platforms, including the Language Application Research Center and the Green Communication Research Center, as well as 12 institute level research platforms, including the Party Building Research Center, the Ecological Civilization Communication Research Center, and the Forestry Heritage and Publishing Research Center. As a provincial-level practical education center, the Digital Media Practice Education Center is equipped with first-class domestic creative equipment, including 3 basic laboratories, 3 professional laboratories, and 5 basic creative rooms. The college has established more than 60 off campus internship bases in cooperation with well-known enterprises and institutions such as Xinhua News Agency's Integrated Media Future Research Institute, China Green Times, China Forestry Publishing House, Xinhua News Media Group, Jiangsu Radio and Television Group, Nanjing News Media Group, Nanjing Radio and Television Group, etc. It has won 4 central support projects for local university laboratory and platform construction, undertaken 2 national and provincial virtual simulation experimental teaching projects, and 3 Ministry of Education industry university cooperation collaborative education projects, forming a practical innovation talent training system that integrates teaching, scientific research, experimentation, and practice.

The college has a team of teachers with profound theoretical knowledge, high research level, and rich teaching experience. There are currently more than 100 full-time faculty members, including 17 professors and over 20 associate professors, as well as a large number of young and middle-aged teachers with high educational levels, expertise, and willingness to contribute. There are 3 third level talents in the "333 High level Talent Training Project", 1 Zijin Cultural Talent in Jiangsu Province, 1 Chief Science and Technology Communication Expert in Jiangsu Province, 3 young and middle-aged academic leaders and 3 backbone teachers in the "Blue and Green Project" in Jiangsu Province, 2 double innovation PhDs in Jiangsu Province, and 40% of teachers have overseas study or visiting experience. In addition, the college has hired 9 academic experts as special professors and 8 part-time professors.

In the past five years, the college has hosted more than 20 projects funded by the National Social Science Foundation, 1 project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, 1 project funded by the National Arts Foundation, and more than 50 projects funded by provincial and ministerial levels. It has published over 20 monographs and over 500 high-level papers, including more than 150 indexed by CSSCI and over 30 indexed by SCI, SSCI, A&HCI. One national first-class course and four provincial-level first-class courses have been added, with five courses winning second and third prizes in the provincial micro course competition. Six textbooks, including "Introduction to Green Rural Communication," "Selected Readings of Green News Works," and "Introduction to Green Advertising," have been approved as textbooks for the "14th Five Year Plan" by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. Has won one first prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award, one second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, one first prize of the Ministry of Education's Humanities and Social Sciences Excellent Achievement Award, one special prize of the Jiangsu Provincial Teaching Achievement Award, two Liangxi Science and Technology Awards (provincial and ministerial level science popularization awards), one first prize of the Jiangsu Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Excellent Achievement Award, and more than 10 other provincial and ministerial level awards. Its research influence in ecological civilization communication, environmental sociology, green news, forestry inscriptions, agricultural communication, rural revitalization, and other fields is becoming increasingly significant.

For a long time, the college has adhered to the principle of cultivating morality and talents for the Party and the country, and has formed its own unique characteristics and style of education, especially emphasizing the cultivation of students' innovative and creative abilities. In the past three years, students have won more than 700 national and provincial awards in various subject competitions, including 2 gold awards, 1 silver award, and 1 bronze award in the China International College Student Innovation Competition, 1 first prize, 1 second prize, and 1 third prize in the "Challenge Cup" National College Student Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Competition, 1 first prize, 2 second prizes, 3 third prizes for excellent undergraduate thesis in Jiangsu Province, and more than 300 other provincial and ministerial level awards.

The college has always implemented the education policy of the Party in the new era, with the fundamental task of cultivating socialist builders and successors with comprehensive development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor. It has opened up and gathered talents from all over the world, focusing on the construction of the school's national "Double First Class" and Jiangsu high-level university. It actively explores and strives to be the first in talent cultivation, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance, and other aspects, building the college into a cradle for cultivating high-level talents with moral character, a cradle for the growth of outstanding scholars and famous scholars, and a cradle for the development of outstanding educational managers. It is brave and willing to take on responsibilities, and is willing to contribute to the development of excellent educational managers. Furthermore, the college will be built into a high-level liberal arts strong college with influence, distinctive characteristics, and outstanding advantages at home.

(Data as of November 2025)