6854 people. Official website of Nanjing Teachers College of Special Education shows that there are 6,854 students in Nanjing Teachers College of Special Education, including 5,827 ordinary undergraduates, including 5 156 normal students. Nanjing Normal University of Special Education is the only independent provincial university in China, which mainly trains special education teachers and professionals for the disabled. The school was founded by the Ministry of Education 1982. It was originally named "Nanjing Normal School for Special Education" and was supported by UNICEF.