Nanjing University, referred to as "Nanda", is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and the Central Government of People's Republic of China (PRC). Ranked among the national "double first-class", "985 Project" and "21project" key construction universities, and selected into "Everest Plan" and "0 Project".

China University Presidents' Association, Pacific Rim University Alliance, 2 1 Century Academic Alliance, Global Alliance of Advanced Research Institutes, International Applied Science Development Cooperation Network, East Asia Research University Association, International Alliance of New Engineering Education, China University Planetary Science Alliance, Yangtze River Delta Research University Alliance, members of independent auditing units for degree authorization, and the first batch of national-level dual-innovation demonstration bases.