Nanjing University, located in Jinling, the ancient capital of Zhong Ling, is a century-old prestigious school with a long history and outstanding reputation. Its predecessor was Sanjiang Normal School, which was founded in 1902. Since then, it has been renamed Nanjing University on 1950 after historical periods such as Liangjiang Normal University, Nanjing Normal University, National Southeast University, Fourth Sun Yat-sen University, National Central University and National Nanjing University.

1994, Nanjing university was identified as the key supported university of the national "2 1 1 project"; From 65438 to 0999, Nanjing University entered the first batch of high-level universities in the national "985 Project". 20 16 Nanjing university was selected as the first batch of national dual-innovation demonstration bases; In 20 17, Nanjing university was selected as a world-class university, and 15 was selected as a world-class discipline.