West side. According to official website, the school of Ningbo University, the West Campus of Ningbo University, is not an independent school, but a campus of Ningbo University. The west campus is the former Ningbo Normal University, and 1996 was merged into Ningbo University. The west campus of Ningbo University has teacher education college, art college and life medicine branch. Art students of Ningbo University belong to the Art College and are unified in the west campus of Ningbo University. Ningbo University, referred to as "Ningda", is a university jointly established by Zhejiang Province, the Ministry of Education and Ningbo City, and jointly established by the State Oceanic Administration and Ningbo City. It is also the first batch of universities in China and the first batch of key universities in Zhejiang Province.