Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology was founded and prospers on the basis of meteorology,and is a university with remarkable industry characteristics.Atmospheric Sciences is the discipline foundation and soul of Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology.Looking back on the development of the School of Atmospheric Sciences over the past 60 years,brilliant achievements of the School of Atmospheric Sciences have been made through the efforts of several generations,by adhering to reform,innovation and characteristic development.In the 1960s,the School of Atmospheric Sciences was founded to serve the urgent need of the national meteorological cause.After China's Reform and Opening Up,a complete discipline system was constructed to meet the development needs of China's meteorological cause,and significant contributions were made in the development of meteorology of China and of the world as a whole.The Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology School of Atmospheric Sciences has the reputation of being "the cradle for the cultivation of China's Meteorological talents".Since the 21st century,its discipline construction has been further accelerated.In 2017,the School of Atmospheric Sciences was selected into the national "double first-class" discipline,thus beginning a new journey for the construction of world-class discipline.Since this time,facing a new direction of historical development,Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology has drawn up a new blueprint for the development of Atmospheric Sciences,created a new plateau for Atmospheric Sciences,and propelled the construction of Atmospheric Sciences into a new stage of high-quality development.