Nantong University is a comprehensive university jointly established by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Transport, and a high-level university in Jiangsu Province. It is also a pilot university of the national "excellent doctoral education and training plan" and "excellent teacher training plan".

20 colleges, 1 independent colleges, 1 directly affiliated to large-scale comprehensive 3A hospitals, international education colleges and continuing education colleges; There are 3 postdoctoral mobile stations, 5 first-class doctoral programs, 23 first-class master programs and 9 professional master programs/kloc-0. Undergraduate majors 104, covering arts, science, engineering and medicine 10.

The school was founded in 19 12, which originated from the private Nantong Medical College and Nantong Textile Institute founded by Zhang Jian, a famous industrialist and educator in modern times. In 2004, the former Nantong Medical College, Nantong Institute of Technology and Nantong Teachers College merged to form the new Nantong University. By 2023, 9 disciplines of Nantong University will enter the ESI world1%; China university soft science 2023 ranking 16 1.

The school has 1 provincial key laboratory cultivation points and key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 3 provincial key laboratories, 2 provincial public technical service platforms, 2 provincial engineering centers, 1 Jiangsu University Collaborative Innovation Center, China Petrochemical Key Laboratory, China Textile Federation Key Laboratory, Provincial Key Laboratory of National Pharmaceutical Products Administration and Provincial Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences.

List of double first-class universities

1. 42 first-class universities: 36 in Class A: Peking University, China Renmin University, Tsinghua University, Beihang University, Beijing Institute of Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing Normal University, Minzu University of China, Nankai University, Tianjin University, Dalian University of Technology, Jilin University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Fudan University, Tongji University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, East China Normal University and Nanjing University.

Xiamen University, Shandong University, China Ocean University, Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Central South University, Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology, Sichuan University, Chongqing University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Xi Jiaotong University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Lanzhou University, National University of Defense Technology.

Class B: Northeastern University, Zhengzhou University, Hunan University, Yunnan University, Northwest A&F University and Xinjiang University.

2. There are 95 universities with first-class disciplines: Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing University of Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, beijing university of chemical technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing Forestry University, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Capital Normal University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China Communication University, Central University of Finance and Economics, university of international business and economics, Foreign Affairs University, People's Public Security University of China, Beijing Sport University, Central Conservatory of Music, China Conservatory of Music, Central Academy of Fine Arts, etc.

China University of Political Science and Law, tianjin polytechnic university, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, North China Electric Power University, Hebei University of Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Inner Mongolia University, Liaoning University, Dalian Maritime University, Yanbian University, Northeast Normal University, Harbin Engineering University, Northeast Agricultural University, Northeast Forestry University, East China University of Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai Institute of Sport.

Shanghai University, Suzhou University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Hohai University, Jiangnan University, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing Normal University, China Academy of Art, Anhui University, Hefei University of Technology, Fuzhou University, Nanchang University, Henan University, China Geo University, Wuhan University of Technology, Huazhong University.

Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Hunan Normal University, Jinan University, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, South China Normal University, Hainan University, Guangxi University, Southwest Jiaotong University, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu University of Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Guizhou University, Tibet University.

Northwest University, xidian university, Chang 'an University, Shaanxi Normal University, Qinghai University, Ningxia University, Shihezi University, China Youshi University, Ningbo University, Chinese Academy of Sciences University, Second Military Medical University and Fourth Military Medical University.