Unnc, approved by the Ministry of Education of China, was jointly founded by Nottingham University and Zhejiang Wanli College. It is the first Sino-foreign cooperative university with independent legal personality and independent campus in China, and it has introduced high-quality teaching resources from world-class universities. The College is headed by Professor Yang, academician of China Academy of Sciences and former president of Fudan University, and Professor Lu is the executive dean. According to The Times Higher Education and the authoritative ranking published by Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nottingham University ranks among the top 100 universities in the world.
Unnc takes "first-class academic achievements and first-class international talents" as its mission, and combines the advantages of Nottingham University with the actual needs of China's social and economic development to launch a series of world-class degree courses, so that China students can obtain world-class high-quality higher education at lower cost. All undergraduate and postgraduate courses are taught in English, and the teaching evaluation system is completely consistent with the University of Nottingham, England. An English language teaching center is specially set up to cultivate students' academic English ability. ;