Nanjing University of Technology is one of the top 100 provincial key engineering universities which was merged by Nanjing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture and Nanjing University of Chemical Technology in May 20001.

Nanjing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture, formerly known as Tongji Medical College 19 15, is an affiliated pilot department. It has experienced historical periods such as Tongji Senior Vocational School, Tongji Senior Industrial School and Nanjing Architectural Engineering School.

1May, 980, it was upgraded to an undergraduate college with the approval of the State Council, and was named Nanjing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture.

1997 passed the qualification evaluation of undergraduate teaching work of the State Education Commission.

1998 was approved by the State Council as a master's degree awarding unit.

In February 2000, it was managed by the Ministry of Construction and placed under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.