Nanjing Normal University (NNU) is a national "double first-class" construction university and Jiangsu high-level university construction university. The main source of the university can be traced back to the Sanjiang Normal School founded in 1902, which is one of the birthplaces of higher teacher education in China. Later, it passed through the period of Liangjiang Superior Normal School, Nanjing Higher Normal School, National Southeast University, National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University, Jiangsu University, National Central University, National Nanjing University and so on; its another source is Huiwen College founded in 1888, which was later developed into Jinling University, and was merged with Jinling Women's College of Arts and Science (once known as Jinling Women's University) in 1951 to establish the public Jinling University.1952, the National In 1952, Nanjing Normal University was established on the basis of the faculties of Nanjing University and Jinling University, and the school was located in the former Jinling Women's University. 1984, the school was reorganized into Nanjing Normal University, and in 1996, it entered into the national "211 Project". 2000, Nanjing Power Higher College was incorporated into it. 2015, it became a joint venture between Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. In 2015, it became a university jointly built by Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Education, and in 2017, it was selected as one of the first batch of "double first-class" construction universities in China, and in 2018, it became a "double first-class" construction university jointly built by the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Province, and in 2022, it was selected as one of the second round of "double first-class" construction universities in China. In 2022, it will be selected as one of the second round of "double first-class" construction colleges and universities in China. At present, the university is focusing on building a "first-class university with distinctive features and international influence".
Nanjing Normal University, as a century-old school, is full of famous masters and has a deep cultural heritage. Li Ruiqing, Jiang Qian, Liu Yizheng, Guo Bingwen, Li Shutong, Zhang Shiyi, Tao Xingzhi, Chen Heqin, Wu Yifang, Meng Xiancheng, Yang Xianjiang, Xu Beihong, Gao Jueshi, Luo Jialun, Pan Yuliang, Zhang Daqian, Tang Guizhang, Fu Baoshi, Chen Bunjie, Chen Hong, Wu Zuoren, Li Xudan, Sun Wang and other experts and scholars of great fame have been in the administration of the university or teaching. At present, there are a large number of well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad in this dedicated cultivation, writing books and fostering the future generations of students. Through generations of Nan Shi people, taught by example, historically generated the "rigorous and simple" academic character, nurtured the "people-oriented" tradition of thick life, sharpened the "unity and progress" sense of hard work, and "unity and progress". The school has developed the academic character of "rigor and simplicity", nurtured the tradition of "people-oriented", sharpened the sense of "unity and progress", and shaped the innovative spirit of "pursuit of excellence". With the school motto of "Virtue and Thickness, Learning and Conduct", the school has formed the excellent school spirit of "Rigor, Simplicity, Endeavor and Dedication".
Nanjing Normal University (NNU) has three campuses: Xianlin, Suiyuan and Zijin, with Suiyuan Campus having the reputation of "the most beautiful campus in the East". The university covers an area of 2179633 square meters, with a total building area of 932076.19 square meters. There are 28 secondary colleges and 2 independent colleges. The university has 3258 on-the-job teaching staff, 2222 full-time teachers, 669 full-time teachers with senior titles and 754 with deputy senior titles; 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 national experts with outstanding contributions, 7 national candidates for the "Ten Million Talents Project", 1 Ministry of Education Innovation Team, 12 selected candidates for the Major Talents Project of the Ministry of Education, 12 national candidates for the National Talents Project, 1 national candidate for the National Talents Project, 1 national candidate for the National Talents Project, and 1 national candidate for the National Talents Project. Project 12 people, the national major talent program A category of special experts 4, 8 young talent, the national major talent program B category of leading talent 7, 8 young top talents, 8 National Outstanding Youth Science Fund recipients, the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund recipients of 12, the National Teaching Masters 4, the State Council Discipline Evaluation Group members of the State Council 5, the Ministry of Education Teaching Steering Committee member of universities 30 people, 14 candidates for the Ministry of Education's "New Century Outstanding Talents Support Program", 1 leading talent for the Ministry of Science and Technology's Innovative Talents Promotion Program, 2 candidates for the Chinese Academy of Sciences' "Hundred Talents Program", 1 National College Counselor Person of the Year, 2 national teaching teams, and 2 "National College Huang Dainian" teaching teams. There are 2 national teaching teams and 2 "Huang Dainian Teachers' Teams in National Colleges and Universities". There are 19,387 undergraduates and 14,515 postgraduates (including 7,757 academic and 6,758 professional students, 1,659 doctoral students and 12,856 master's students). There are 13,230 students enrolled in adult higher education. The library is a national key protection unit for ancient books, with a total floor area of 39,705 square meters, a collection of 3,886,900 volumes of paper documents and 166 electronic databases. There are two "national key cultural relics protection units" on the campus.
Nanjing Normal University gives full play to the leading role of discipline construction, currently has one national "double first-class" construction discipline (geography), six national key disciplines, three national key (cultivation) disciplines, 14 advantageous disciplines in Jiangsu universities, nine key disciplines in Jiangsu Province, and the School of Marxism was selected as one of the third batch of key Marxism schools in China. In 2011, the Graduate School was established, with 25 first-level disciplines authorized for doctoral degree, 25 first-level disciplines authorized for doctoral degree, and 3 key disciplines (geography, geography, geography, geography, geography, geography, geography). The Graduate School was established in 2011, with 25 doctoral degree-authorized first-level disciplines, 1 doctoral degree-authorized second-level disciplines (excluding first-level disciplines), 42 master's degree-authorized first-level disciplines, 1 doctoral degree category, 25 master's degree categories, 58 undergraduate enrollment majors in 2022, covering a total of 79 majors, and 22 post-doctoral research mobile stations. Academic disciplines have been involved in philosophy, economics, law, teaching, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, arts and interdisciplinary disciplines. Thirteen disciplines, including Chemistry, Engineering, Plant and Zoology, Agricultural Science, Materials Science, Earth Science, Environmental Science/Ecology, Mathematics, General Social Science, Computer Science, Biology and Biochemistry, Physics, and Clinical Medicine, are ranked among the top 1% of ESI worldwide.
Nanjing Normal University continues to promote the strategy of "cultivating talents with thick students", deepen the reform of education and teaching, and improve the quality of talent cultivation. It has 13 national boutique courses, 8 national boutique open courses, 15 national boutique shared courses, 9 national boutique online open courses, 4 national first-class courses for virtual simulation experimental teaching, 3 national first-class offline courses, 4 national first-class courses for online-offline blending, 2 Ministry of Education model courses for course ideology and politics, 2 famous teachers and teams for course ideology and politics, 7 model courses for teaching, 3 brand courses for English teaching by the Ministry of Education for overseas students, 3 national brand courses for career development and education in colleges and universities, and 3 national brand courses for English teaching by students studying abroad. 7 bilingual teaching demonstration courses of the Ministry of Education, 3 English-medium brand courses of the Ministry of Education for studying in China, 1 model course of career development and employment guidance in national universities, 11 corresponding courses of the key teaching materials of the "Horse Project" of the Ministry of Education "A Wonderful Lesson", 8 national characteristic majors, 41 national first-class major construction sites, and 1 national first-ranking major construction site, and 1 national first-ranking major construction site. 41 national first-class professional construction sites, 21 national planning textbooks for undergraduate courses in the 12th Five-Year Plan, 22 national teaching achievement awards, 3 excellent teaching materials for higher education and 13 excellent teaching materials for basic education in the first National Teaching Materials Construction Award, 1 research and practice project of the Ministry of Education for new engineering disciplines, 3 projects of the Ministry of Education for new liberal arts disciplines, 3 projects of the Chinese Degree and Postgraduate Programs, 3 projects of the Chinese Degree and Postgraduate Programs. 3 projects of the Ministry of Education, 3 graduate education achievement awards of the China Academic Degree and Graduate Education Society, 3 national experimental zones for talent cultivation mode innovation, 1 national training base for physical education and art teacher training, 3 national demonstration bases for joint cultivation of graduate students with master's degree in education, 1 pilot project for comprehensive reform of the specialty of the Ministry of Education, 2 reform projects for the Excellent Teacher Cultivation Program of the Ministry of Education, 2 pilot projects for the cultivation of high school teachers of master level of the Ministry of Education, 2 pilot projects for the cultivation of high school teachers of high-quality complex type 2 pilot programs for training high school teachers at master's degree level, 1 pilot college for comprehensive reform of the "Three-Whole Parenting" of the Ministry of Education, 2 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 4 pilot programs for the construction of virtual teaching and research departments of the Ministry of Education, and 4 pilot programs for the construction of virtual teaching and research departments of the Ministry of Education, and 1 pilot institute for the "Double-Name Program" of the Ministry of Education for the Period of 2022-2025. College, national virtual simulation experimental teaching center, national off-campus practice education base for college students, and national education and training base for outstanding legal talents. The level of undergraduate teaching work has been rated as excellent by the Ministry of Education; students have won many special prizes or first prizes in national competitions such as "Challenge Cup", and four theses have been selected as national excellent doctoral dissertations.
Nanjing Normal University actively implements the strategy of "building on the top", pursuing originality and scaling new heights in scientific research. It has two key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, the National Local Joint Engineering Research Center, the Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Public Security, the Research Base of Sports and Social Sciences of the State General Administration of Sports, the Research Base of Sports Culture, the Research Base of Women/Gender of the All-China Women's Federation, the Research Base of College Students' Career Development and Education, the Research Base of National Civil Affairs Policies and Theories, and one national key laboratory cultivation and construction site in Jiangsu Province. One national key laboratory cultivation and construction site in Jiangsu Province. It has received 46 major projects of the National Social Science Foundation, 7 major projects of the Ministry of Education for Philosophy and Social Science Research, 4 projects of the National Major Scientific Research Program, 2 projects of the National Science and Technology Support Program, 1 project of the National High-technology Research and Development Program (863 Program), 15 projects of the National Key Research and Development Program, and 2 national scientific and technological major special projects, The 13 monographs were selected as "National Philosophy and Social Science Achievement Library", and the scientific research achievements were selected as "Top 10 Scientific and Technological Progresses of China's Higher Education Institutions" and "Top 10 News of China's Basic Research" in the year of 2008. The research results were selected as "Top Ten Scientific and Technological Progresses of Chinese Higher Education Institutions" and "Top Ten News of Chinese Basic Research" in 2008. The book "The Records of the Grand Historian", which was revised by the teachers of the university over a period of 8 years, was selected as one of the "Top 10 Cultural Highlights of 2013" by Guangming Daily and "Top 10 Cultural Events of 2013" by China Reading News.
Nanjing Normal University insists on collaborative innovation and takes the initiative to contribute to economic construction and social development. It has one provincial and ministerial collaborative innovation center, four collaborative innovation centers in Jiangsu universities, three philosophical and social sciences research bases in Jiangsu province, eight key philosophical and social sciences research bases (including cultivation points) in Jiangsu universities, one research base for socialist theoretical system with Chinese characteristics in Jiangsu province, one first theoretical research base for Xi Jinping's new era of socialist ideology of Chinese characteristics in Jiangsu province, one international issues research center in Jiangsu province, four decision-making consulting research bases in Jiangsu province, one key cultivation think tank in Jiangsu province, and the first new key high-end think tank in Jiangsu. 1 International Issues Research Center, 4 Jiangsu Province Decision-making Consulting Research Bases, 1 Jiangsu Province Key Cultivation Think Tank, 1 Jiangsu First Batch of New Key High-end Think Tanks, 1 Jiangsu Province Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Base, 1 Jiangsu Province Students' Physical Fitness and Health Promotion Research Center, 1 Jiangsu Province Gerontology Research Base, 1 Jiangsu Province Chinese Outstanding Traditional Culture Inheritance Base; 2 Jiangsu Provincial Key Labs, Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Province, 1 open laboratory, Jiangsu Province, 10 key laboratories in colleges and universities, Jiangsu Province, 17 engineering (technology) research centers, Jiangsu Province, 2 key laboratories in fisheries, Jiangsu Province, 5 public service platforms. Relying on the advantageous disciplines and key research institutions, and through the university science and technology parks, cultural and creative parks, local research institutes, new research and development institutions and a number of effective industry-university-research cooperation platforms built in localities, the university has promoted the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and the development of cultural and creative industries, and formed a number of industry-university-research cooperation fields with its own characteristics. Teachers are encouraged to carry out research on applied countermeasures and actively play the role of "think tank" and "think tank".
Nanjing Normal University has always attached importance to exchanges and cooperation with overseas countries and adhered to the internationalization development strategy. The university is one of the first universities open to the outside world after the reform and opening up, a model base for studying in China, a base for teaching Chinese as a foreign language, one of the first bases for Chinese language education, and a base for training in early childhood education in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan; and it has a UNESCO Chair in Engineering and Technology Education for Children and Youth, a UNESCO International Research and Training Center for Rural Education in Nanjing, a French Cultural Research Center, a French Training Center in Nanjing, and an Italian Cultural Research Center. There are UNESCO Chair of Engineering and Technology Education for Children and Youth, UNESCO International Rural Education Research and Training Center Nanjing Base, French Cultural Research Center and Nanjing French Training Center, Italian Cultural Research Center and other international research and teaching organizations. It has opened five overseas Confucius Institutes around the world. It has organized 21 Chinese-foreign cooperative and joint training programs with many universities in the United States and the United Kingdom, and has 155 overseas study programs for students. It has established inter-university exchanges with 237 universities in 43 countries and regions in the world. In recent years, it has hired more than 400 foreign experts, including more than 80 long-term foreign experts; it has been selected as one of the "Higher Education Discipline Innovation and Intelligence Citation Programs" (i.e., "111 Intelligence Citation Program"). The university has been selected as one of the "111 Intellectuals Program for Higher Education Disciplines".) More than 1,000 international students are enrolled every year.
Nanjing Normal University (NNU) adheres to the principle of promoting development through reform, seeking excellence through innovation, optimizing the modern university system, and promoting the development of the university as a whole. The university has been awarded "Advanced Collective in National Education System", "National University with Typical Experience in Innovation and Entrepreneurship", "National Advanced Grassroots Party Organization", "National Advanced University in Party Building and Ideological and Political Work", "National Advanced Unit in Spiritual Civilization Construction" and "National Advanced Unit in Spiritual Civilization Construction". Advanced Colleges and Universities in Party Building and Ideological and Political Work", "National Advanced Unit in Spiritual Civilization Construction", "National Advanced Unit in Open and Democratic Management of Factories and Schools", "National Advanced Unit in School Art Education", "National Advanced Unit in School Art Education", and "National Advanced Unit in Education". National Advanced Unit in School Art Education, National Advanced Unit in College Students' Mental Health Education, National University with Typical Experience in Graduate Employment, National Advanced Collective in Degree and Postgraduate Education Management, and National Advanced Collective in Colleges and Universities for the Management of Degree and Postgraduate Education. ""National Advanced Collective for Philosophy and Social Science Research Management in Colleges and Universities""National Advanced Collective for Higher Education Self-study Examination""National Advanced Unit for Higher Education Informatization Construction""National Advanced Unit for Higher Education Informatization Construction". ""National Advanced Institution for Ten Years of Socialized Reform of Logistics in Colleges and Universities" "National Advanced Unit for Energy Conservation in Colleges and Universities" and "Pioneer of Civilized Unit in Jiangsu Province". "Advanced Unit of the First Learning Party Organization Construction in Jiangsu Province" "Advanced Collective of Enrollment Work in Jiangsu Ordinary Colleges and Universities" "Excellent Enrollment Unit of Graduate Students in Jiangsu Province". "Advanced University of Teaching Work in Jiangsu Province" "Demonstration Base of College Student Entrepreneurship in Jiangsu Province" "Demonstration School of National Defense Education in Jiangsu Province" "Advanced University of Teachers' Team Construction in Jiangsu Province" "Advanced University of Teachers' Team Construction in Jiangsu Province". Advanced Colleges and Universities of Jiangsu Province" "Advanced Colleges and Universities of Jiangsu Province in Science and Technology" "Advanced Colleges and Universities of Jiangsu Province in International Cooperation and Exchange in Education" "Advanced Units of Jiangsu Province in Returned Overseas Students Work" "Advanced Units of Jiangsu Province in Returned Overseas Students Work ""Advanced Unit of Foreign-Related School Running Work in Jiangsu Province""Advanced Collective of International Student Education in Jiangsu Province""Advanced Unit of Foreign-Related Management Work in Jiangsu Province ""Harmonious Campus of Higher Education Institutions in Jiangsu Province", "Garden Unit in Jiangsu Province", "The First Batch of Green Schools in Jiangsu Province" and other honorary titles.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the university will comprehensively deepen the reform of education evaluation in the new era, continue to adhere to the strategy of innovation-driven, open integration, plateau peak-making and characteristic development, coordinate the four paths of connotation, synthesis, research and internationalization, implement the three major strategic initiatives of talent gathering, resource convergence, and governance optimization, adhere to the dual-wheel drive of high-quality development and "double first-class" construction, comprehensively build a first-class university with distinctive features and international influence, and contribute to the modernization of the "strong, rich, beautiful and high" new Jiangsu, and the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The university will adhere to the dual-wheel drive of high-quality development and "double first-class" construction, and comprehensively build a first-class university with distinctive features and international influence, so as to make new and greater contributions to the modernization and construction of a new Jiangsu province that is "strong, rich, beautiful and high", and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
