Jinling College of Nanjing University is an independent college wholly owned by Nanjing University. Inheriting the tradition and concept of Nanjing University, relying on the high-quality educational resources of Nanjing University, introducing new mechanism and mode of running a school, based on Jiangsu, facing East China, radiating the whole country, seeking development with scientific orientation, building a first-class characteristic school, and devoting itself to cultivating high-quality innovative and applied talents. Many teachers are professors from NTU, who enjoy a lot of resources. This second batch has good schools, and independent colleges rank first.

At present, there are 7 secondary colleges, including Media College, Business School, Foreign Languages College, Information Science and Engineering College, Chemistry and Life Sciences College, Urban and Civil Engineering College and Art College, with 27 departments and 42 majors, among which Spanish, computer science and technology, finance, international economy and trade, financial management and journalism are generally considered to be the most recommended majors.