Nanjing Normal University, referred to as "Nanjing Normal University", is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. It is a national "double-class" construction university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Jiangsu Province. [58] National "2 1 1 Project" first batch of key construction universities, Jiangsu high-level university construction university;
It has been selected into the national "11/plan", the excellent teacher training plan, the excellent legal talent education training plan, the national plan to build a high-level university graduate student, the scholarship receiving institution of China government for overseas students, the national cultural quality education base for college students, and the demonstration base for studying in China of the Ministry of Education. It is one of the birthplaces of higher normal education in China.
The main source of the school can be traced back to the establishment of 1902 Sanjiang Normal School, which has gone through the periods of Liangjiang Normal School, Nanjing Normal College, National Southeast University, National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University, Jiangsu University, National Central University and National Nanjing University.
Another source is Huiwen Academy founded by 1888, which later developed into a private Jinling University. 195 1 merged with Jinling Women's College of Arts and Sciences (formerly Jinling Women's University) to form a public Jinling University.