In 2003. The higher nursing education in Nanjing Medical University began at 1980. 1985 established the nursing department and offered undergraduate nursing education, which was one of the earliest colleges in China to resume undergraduate nursing education. In 2003, he was awarded a master's degree and became the first authorized point of master's degree in nursing in Jiangsu Province. Nanjing Medical University, a high-level university in Jiangsu Province, is jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the National Health and Wellness Commission of People's Republic of China (PRC) and Jiangsu Province. It is a pilot university of "Excellent Doctoral Education and Training Program" of the Ministry of Education, a national high-level university implementing postgraduate programs, a national key discipline project construction university, a China government scholarship receiving institution for overseas students, a training base of "333 Project" of Jiangsu high-level talent training program, and a founding member of the Yangtze River Delta Medical Education Alliance.