Nanjing Normal University

Nanjing Normal University is a national “Double First-Class” university and a Jiangsu high-level university development institution. Its principal origin can be traced to Sanjiang Normal School, founded in 1902, one of the birthplaces of Chinese higher teacher education.

For over a century, it has produced many distinguished scholars. With its motto, “Uphold Virtue and Enrich Life, Study Diligently and Act Promptly,” it has nurtured a people-centered tradition and an ethos of “Rigor, Simplicity, Endeavor and Dedication.” It has Xianlin, Suiyuan and Zijin campuses; Suiyuan is known as “the most beautiful campus in the East.” It has 28 second-level schools and 2 independent colleges. It has 3277 active faculty and staff and 2191 full-time teachers, including 697 with full senior titles and 773 with associate senior titles. Its full-time staff have received over 130 instances of national talent recognition, including academicians of China’s two academies. It has over 37000 students. It has 1 national “Double First-Class” discipline, geography; 6 national key disciplines; 3 national key disciplines under cultivation; 18 Jiangsu university priority disciplines; and 9 Jiangsu key disciplines for the 14th Five-Year Plan. It offers 80 undergraduate programs, 95 master’s programs and 68 doctoral programs across philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management and arts.

The university has always valued overseas exchanges and cooperation and follows an international development strategy. It was among the first universities opened to the outside world after reform and opening up. It is a national demonstration base for studying in China, a base for teaching Chinese as a foreign language, one of the first Chinese language and culture education bases, and an early childhood education training base for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Its international research and teaching organizations include the UNESCO Chair in Engineering and Technology Education for Children and Youth, the Nanjing Base of UNESCO’s International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education, the French Culture Research Center and Nanjing French Language Training Center, and the Italian Culture Research Center. It has operated 6 overseas Confucius Institutes and 1 Confucius Classroom. It has 21 Sino-foreign cooperative education and joint training programs with universities in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries, and 155 overseas study programs for students. It has institutional exchanges with 242 universities in 43 countries and regions. In recent years it has engaged over 400 foreign experts, including over 80 long-term experts. More than one thousand international students study at the university each year. In 2025, it hosted over 1000 international students from more than 100 countries and regions.

Nanjing Normal University is working to become “a first-class university with distinctive strengths and international influence.”