Nanjing University has four campuses: Xianlin, Gulou, Pukou and Suzhou, covering an area of 3,688150 square meters and 5,532.225 mu, including 740,229 square meters of green space. The total area ranks 16 in the national university area ranking. Directly under the department 3 1, 88 undergraduate majors; There are 38 postdoctoral mobile stations, 40 first-class doctoral programs, two disciplines doctoral programs 1 program, 3 professional doctoral programs, 5 first-class master programs and 28 professional master programs. Undergraduate students 13 129, graduate students 14937, doctoral students 6996, foreign students 3205.

Nanjing University, referred to as Nantah, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). Ranked among the world-class universities (Class A), 2 1 1 project, 985 project. It is the Nine Alliances, China University Presidents Association, Pacific Rim University Alliance, 2 1 Century Academic Alliance and International Applied Science and Technology Development Cooperation Network.

Its predecessor was Sanjiang Normal School, which was founded in 1902. Later, it was renamed Nanjing University on 1950 after historical periods such as Liangjiang Normal University, Nanjing Normal University, National Southeast University, National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University, National Central University and National Nanjing University. 1952, Nanjing University merged with the College of Arts and Sciences of Jinling University founded by 1888, and was still named Nanjing University.