Business education of Hohai University has gone through a hundred years of vicissitudes and has been forging ahead. It is one of the earliest higher education institutions in China to establish a business discipline. It can be traced back to the establishment of the Hehai Engineering Specialized School in 1915. After 1927, the Hehai Engineering University established a business specialized program, and in 1979, the East China Water Conservancy College resumed business education. In 1983, the school established a water conservancy and power management engineering major, and in 1984, the management engineering department was established. In 1994, the International Business School was established. In 2004, the International Business School and the School of Technology and Economics were restructured to form a business school. In 2020, the business school and the School of Enterprise Management were integrated into a new business school.

The college takes seeking global knowledge and becoming a business elite as its educational purpose, river and sea characteristics, world-renowned as its strategic positioning, high-level, international, mainstream, and distinctive as its development path, and education, scientific research, consulting, and training as its development model. Teachers and students work together, strive for excellence, and innovate. It has become a well-known business with two major disciplines: management and economics, integrating business management, management science and engineering, and applied economics. It’s a famous college with a postdoctoral mobile station, and has the ability to cultivate multi-level and multi type talents such as doctoral, master's, and bachelor's degrees, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance and innovation, and international exchange and cooperation.

The college currently has 7 departments: Department of Management and Human Resources, Department of Marketing, Department of Finance, Department of Accounting, Department of Management Science and Information Management, Department of Engineering Economics and Engineering Management, and Department of Economics and International Trade Department; 2 vocational education and social service institutions: MBA Education Center (including MPAcc Education Center) and MEM Master's Education Center; 17 research institutes: Institute of Water Resources Economics, Institute of Strategic Management, Institute of Investment, Institute of Environmental Accounting and Asset Management, Institute of Intellectual Property Rights, Institute of Technology Innovation and Economic Development, Institute of Management Science, Institute of Engineering Management, Institute of Planning and Decision Making, Institute of Human Resources, Institute of Industrial Economics, Institute of Project Management, Institute of Securities Research, Center for Systems Engineering and Management Innovation, Institute of Management Accounting and Sustainable Development, Institute of Statistics and Data Science, and Institute of Low Carbon Economy (jointly managed by Sunan Institute of Economic Development); 16 provincial and ministerial level scientific research platforms: Jiangsu Province University Collaborative Innovation Center (World Water Valley and Water Ecological Civilization), Jiangsu Province Circular Economy Engineering Research Center, Ministry of Water Resources Human Resources Research Institute, Institute of Water Resources Economy, Eastern Resources and Environment and Sustainable Development Research Center, Jiangsu International Issues Research Center (International Rivers), Jiangsu Coastal Resources and Economy Research Center, Jiangsu Science and Technology Think Tank (Jiangsu Science and Technology System Reform Think Tank), Jiangsu Province Decision Consulting Base (Enterprise Internationalization Development Research), China (Nanjing) Talent Development Research Center (Central Talent Theory Research Base), China (Nanjing) Talent Development Research Center (Jiangsu Key Laboratory/Center), Jiangsu Talent Development Strategy Research Institute - Enterprise Talent Research Center, Jiangsu Province Water Resources and Sustainable Development Research Center Development Research Center Jiangsu Province Decision Consulting Base (Jiangsu Yangtze River Protection and High Quality Development Research), etc.

The college currently has 218 faculty members and 183 full-time teachers, including 38 professors, 79 associate professors, 24 doctoral supervisors, and 100 master's supervisors. Doctoral degree teachers account for 81.4%, and overseas experienced teachers account for 51%. One Innovation Team Development Plan of the Ministry of Education, three excellent innovation teams in philosophy and social sciences in Jiangsu Province universities, and one excellent teaching team in the Blue Project of Jiangsu Province universities; 1 outstanding talent from the Ministry of Education in the new century, 3 outstanding talents from the six major talent peaks in Jiangsu Province, 1 SC talent from Jiangsu Province, 2 outstanding young and middle-aged experts from Jiangsu Province, 9 high-level talents in the 333 talent training project in Jiangsu Province, 3 young and middle-aged academic leaders in the Blue and Blue Project in Jiangsu Province, 7 outstanding young backbone teachers in the Blue and Blue Project in Jiangsu Province, 3 outstanding young people in social sciences in Jiangsu Province, 4 outstanding young people in the Purple Gold Cultural Talent Project in Jiangsu Province, 1 outstanding talent in the Purple Gold Cultural Talent Project in Jiangsu Province, 1 international high-end accounting talent from the Ministry of Finance, 11 SC PhDs in Jiangsu Province, 1 globally highly cited scholar, and 2 top 2% scientists worldwide; One young professor and three young associate professors at Hohai University, as well as three second level, three third level, and twelve fourth level scholars from Dayu; There are 2 industry professors in Jiangsu Province, 2 visiting professors at Hohai University, and 16 part-time professors at Hohai University. The college has over 4700 students of various types, including over 2000 doctoral students, academic master's students, professional master's students, over 240 international students, and over 2700 undergraduate students.

The college has a relatively complete disciplinary and professional system and levels, and has two postdoctoral mobile stations: Business Administration, Management Science and Engineering; Doctoral degree granting points for two first level disciplines: Business Administration, Management Science and Engineering; Master's programs in five primary disciplines: Business Administration, Management Science and Engineering, Theoretical Economics, Applied Economics, and Information Resource Management, as well as seven professional master's programs: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Engineering Management (MEM), Accounting (MPAcc), Asset Appraisal, International Business, Finance, and Library and Information Technology; There are 5 national first-class undergraduate majors in Human Resource Management, Accounting, Marketing, Information Management and Information Systems, and Engineering Management, 2 provincial-level first-class undergraduate majors in Business Administration, International Economics and Trade, as well as 10 undergraduate majors in Financial Management, Financial Engineering, and Big Data Management and Application. Among them, technology, economy, and management are national key (cultivation) disciplines, key disciplines of the Ministry of Water Resources, and key disciplines of Jiangsu Province. Business administration is a key first level discipline of Jiangsu Province, and engineering management and project management are key disciplines of Jiangsu Province. In the fourth round of national discipline evaluation, two disciplines, Management Science and Engineering and Business Administration, were approved as B+, ranking in the top 20% of the country. The two disciplines of Business Administration and Management Science and Engineering have been approved for the construction project of Jiangsu University's advantageous disciplines.

In recent years, the quality of student training in the college has been continuously improving, which has had a relatively wide impact both on and off campus. In 2019, it won one first prize in the Challenge Cup Undergraduate Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition and one second prize in the Internet plus Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. In 2020, one outstanding member of the National Communist Youth League was awarded, and two classes were awarded the title of Advanced Class Collective in Jiangsu Province. In 2021, it won one second prize in Jiangsu Province in the Challenge Cup National Undergraduate Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition, two provincial and above awards in the Challenge Cup Red Special Competition, one national bronze award in the 7th China International Internet plus Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, one second prize in Jiangsu Province, and three third prizes. In 2022, it won one Most Beautiful College Student in Jiangsu Province, two Jiangsu Gold Awards in the Challenge Cup College Students Entrepreneurship Plan Competition, two Jiangsu Silver Awards in the 12th Challenge Cup College Students Entrepreneurship Plan Competition, and three provincial third prizes in Internet plus. In 2023, the Youth League Committee of the Business School was awarded the honorary title of May 4th Red Flag Youth League Committee of Jiangsu Province, one Youth League branch was awarded the title of National May 4th Red Flag Youth League Branch, more than 30 Internet plus awards at or above the provincial level, one was awarded the honorary title of the most beautiful college student in Jiangsu Province, and one was awarded the title of outstanding young volunteer in Jiangsu Province.

The college is closely aligned with national strategies, service industry needs, and regional development, and has achieved fruitful results in scientific research. In the past five years, the college has accumulated over 100 million yuan in various scientific research funds. Hosted over 20 National Natural Science Foundation projects and over 20 National Social Science Foundation projects; Published over 1000 high-quality papers in both Chinese and English; Received 25 awards at or above the provincial and ministerial level.

The college focuses on international certification and continues to strengthen its international level construction. It has successively passed AMBA&BGA, PMI-GAC, and IPMP certifications. The college has become the first AMBA&BGA double certified institution in Jiangsu and has been authorized as an international project manager (IPMP) talent training base. In 2022, the college successfully passed the AACSB international certification for Eligibility Application qualification application, taking a significant step towards high-quality development and internationalization. In the 2023 Eduniversal global ranking, it was selected as one of the 56 best business schools in China and won two palm tree awards. The Master's program in Marketing and E-commerce ranks 19th in East Asia; MBA program, ranked 30th in East Asia; Applied Economics Master's Program, ranked 27th in East Asia; The Master's program in Information Systems Management ranks 30th in East Asia.

The college is located in Nanjing and Changzhou, with superior hardware facilities and complete research conditions. The total area of the College Literature and Information Center is 2300 square meters, with a reading area of 1100 square meters and a professional collection of over 50000 books. Research oriented laboratory platforms such as the college data center, business data laboratory, management behavior laboratory, competitive intelligence laboratory, BIM and engineering digital laboratory, as well as teaching oriented experimental platforms that have become the demonstration center for economic management experiments in Jiangsu Province, can provide interdisciplinary research and teaching experiments.