Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, founded in 1956, Nanjing Grain School of the Ministry of Grain, is one of the earliest grain colleges established in New China. 198 1 Nanjing Institute of Grain Economics was established on the basis of the former Nanjing Grain School. 1993, the school was renamed Nanjing Institute of Economics. 1999, Nanjing Materials School was merged into Nanjing Institute of Economics. In 2000, Nanjing Institute of Economics, Jiangsu Institute of Finance and Economics and Jiangsu Institute of Economics and Management merged to form a new Nanjing Institute of Economics.
In 2003, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, the school was officially renamed Nanjing University of Finance and Economics. 20 1 1 The People's Government of Jiangsu Province signed a contract with the State Grain Bureau to establish Nanjing University of Finance and Economics. 20 19 the state grain and material reserve bureau signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the people's government of Jiangsu province to fully support the development of the school.
202 1 the school was approved as a doctoral degree awarding unit that needs to be strengthened, and was approved as a class B construction university of Jiangsu Province's high-level university construction peak plan. In April 2022, China University Soft Science Ranking 2022 was officially released, and the school entered the top of China University Financial Ranking 2022 10. In August, 2022, with the approval of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, the school officially became a doctoral degree awarding unit.