Nanjing University, one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in China, is located in Nanjing, a beautiful city known for being China's capital of six ancient dynasties and having a rich cultural heritage.

      Nanjing University is a key comprehensive university directly under the State Education Commission. The University dates back to 1902 when Sanjiang Normal School was founded. The School then evolved as Liangjiang Normal School, Nanjing Higher Normal School, National Southeast University, National Fourth Zhongshan University, and National Central University. In August 1949, it was named National Nanjing University. Today's Nanjing University is formed mainly on the basis of the merging of the arts and sciences schools of National Nanjing University and the University of Nanking (a well-known university founded in 1888) during the nationwide institutional and departmental restructuring in 1952. Nanjing University consists of two campuses, one in Gulou and the other in Pukou. The University celebrates its anniversary on May 20 every year. Professor Jiang Shusheng, serves as president of Nanjing University.

      Nanjing University adapts itself to meet the country's needs for economic construction, social development and scientific advancement. While consolidating its major fundamental disciplines and bringing into play the potential for excellence, the University has vigorously reformed and updated some of its traditional disciplines. By widening the scope of research fields, promoting interdisciplinary integration and penetration, and optimizing the discipline structure, a breakthrough has been made in the traditional mode of the arts and sciences university. A new pattern for the coordinated multi-discipline development of humanities, social and natural sciences, technology, life sciences, modern engineering and management has emerged.

      Nanjing University consists of 10 schools. They are Humanities, Law, International Business, Foreign Studies, Natural Sciences, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Technology, Geoscience, Life Sciences, and Medicine. With 36 departments, 5 divisions of general course instruction, the Graduate School and the School of Adult Education, the University is running 55 undergraduate programs, 7 dual bachelor's degree programs, 106 master's degree programs, 55 Ph.D programs, and 43 post-doctoral programs at 14 post-doctoral stations. In addition, 8 two-year certificate programs and 64 adult education programs are offered. The University has 18 national key disciplines and 11 provincial key disciplines. 10 departments have been designated by the State Education Commission as the national training bases for teaching and research personnel in fundamental sciences. Nanjing University has thus formed a complete series of educational programs at two-year certificate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral and post-doctoral levels.

      Nanjing University benefits from the concentration of scientists of national and international renown and talented young and middle-aged scholars. Of the University's 2,150 faculty members, more than 1,500 are professors and associate professors, among whom 21 are Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and 2 are Fellows of the Third World Academy of Sciences.