Nanjing Institute of Physical Education was founded in 1956, which was formed by the merger of Nanjing Sports School, Jiangsu Normal University's physical education specialty course and Jiangsu Province's sports cadre training course. It is the only independent sports college and an important provincial competitive sports training base in Jiangsu Province.
At the same time, it is also a provincial key construction university managed by Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau and Jiangsu Provincial Education Department. Known as the "cradle of world champions", the school motto is "rigorous, harmonious, simple and practical".