Jinling Institute of Science and Technology was approved by the Ministry of Education and the provincial and municipal governments, and was formed by the merger of Nanjing Jinling Vocational College and Nanjing Agricultural College. It was established in June 2002, focusing on cultivating advanced applied talents.

The school has 1 1 secondary colleges such as business school, humanities college, horticulture college, animal science and technology college, electromechanical engineering college, architectural engineering college, information technology college, art college, materials engineering college, foreign language college, Longpan college (public and private), and other teaching units such as international education college, continuing education college and public basic courses department.