Nanjing Normal University is basically the first batch of students enrolled in Jiangsu and the whole country, so we usually think of Nanjing Normal University as a university. (From 20 17, the college entrance examination in Jiangsu Province adjusted the three batches of Ben I, Ben II and Ben III into two batches of Ben I and Ben II; Since 20021,Jiangsu College Entrance Examination has merged the first and second batches into one undergraduate batch. The Department of Extended Information Education has not divided Nanjing Normal University into one or two, and the diploma is only divided into undergraduate and junior college, but several books are just folk sayings. Whether it is one or two books is usually decided according to the enrollment batches of universities in various provinces. (At present, the college entrance examination enrolls students by province. If a university is the first batch of students in a province, it is usually said to be a university. If it's the second batch of students, it's usually two universities, one group and two groups of students. Universities are usually considered as two universities. )

Nanjing Normal University, referred to as Nanjing Normal University for short, is located in Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. It was jointly built by Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, China People and Ministry of Education. It is the first batch of national "2 1 1 Project" key construction universities, world-class discipline construction universities and high-level universities in Jiangsu Province. It has successively been selected as one of the cradles of higher normal education in China, such as the national plan to build high-level university graduate students, the plan to introduce talents through academic innovation, the plan to train excellent teachers, the plan to train excellent legal talents, the scholarship receiving institution of China government for overseas students, the national cultural quality education base for college students, and the demonstration base for studying in China by the Ministry of Education.

The main source of the school can be traced back to Sanjiang Normal School, which was founded in 1902. After that, it went through Liangjiang Normal University, Nanjing Normal University, National Southeast University, National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University, National Central University and National Nanjing University. Another source is Huiwen Academy founded by 1888, which later developed into a private Jinling University. 195 1 merged with private Jinling Women's College of Arts and Sciences (formerly known as private Jinling Women's University) to form public Jinling University. 1952, National College Adjustment. On the basis of Nanjing University, Jinling University and other related departments, Nanjing Normal University was established in the former Jinling Women's University. 1984 was renamed Nanjing Normal University. In 2000, Nanjing University of Electric Power merged.