Nanjing University of Science and Technology, located in the ancient capital Nanjing, is adjacent to Zijin Mountain in the north and Ming City Wall in the west. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, jointly established by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Province, and a world-class discipline construction university. The national "2 1 1 Engineering" and "985 Engineering Superiority Discipline Innovation Platform" focus on the construction of colleges and universities, and are selected into the national "1 1 Plan" and the excellent engineer education and training plan.

New engineering research and practice projects, national college students' innovation experiment plan, national college students' cultural quality education base, national innovative talents training demonstration base, national international scientific and technological cooperation base, China government scholarship receiving institutions for overseas students, national universities with typical experience in innovation and entrepreneurship, the first batch of national demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, the first batch of university innovation and entrepreneurship bases, the first batch of university scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer bases, and national patent work pilot demonstration universities.