Nantong University is an institution. This school is a comprehensive university jointly established by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Transport. It is a member of fifteen key universities in Jiangsu Province, a pilot university of the national "Excellent Doctoral Education and Training Plan" and "Excellent Teacher Training Plan", an excellent undergraduate teaching evaluation school of the Ministry of Education, and the first batch of high-level universities in Jiangsu Province.

The school was founded in 19 12, which originated from the private Nantong Medical College and the private Nantong Textile Institute founded by Mr. Zhang Jian, a famous industrialist, educator and politician in modern times. In May 2004, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Nantong Medical College, Nantong Institute of Technology and Nantong Teachers College merged to form a new Nantong University. ?

The school has four campuses, covering an area of more than 3,700 mu, with a construction area of nearly 1 10,000 square meters. More than 2.87 million paper books; There are 3 postdoctoral mobile stations, 3 first-class doctoral programs, 22 first-class master programs and professional master programs 10. There are nearly 40,000 full-time undergraduates (including Xinglin College 1.2 million), more than 2,700 graduate students and more than 840 international students. ?

There are 20 colleges under the school, 1 Independent College (Xinglin College), 1 Large-scale comprehensive 3A Hospital (Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University), College of International Education and College of Continuing Education. Undergraduate majors 106, covering arts, science, engineering, medicine, arts, economics, law, teaching, history and management 10.