Nantong University School of Medicine (School of Nursing) is a secondary college affiliated to Nantong University, formerly known as Nantong Medical College, which originated from the private Nantong Medical College founded by Zhang Jian, the top scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, and his brother in March 2002.

Nantong University School of Medicine has 1 national and Jiangsu experimental teaching demonstration centers, 1 national virtual simulation experimental teaching center, 1 Jiangsu key laboratory and 2 Nantong key laboratories. It also has a basic medical research center, a clinical medical research center and 15 school-level research institutions.

Nantong University School of Medicine won the second prize of national technological invention, the science and technology progress prize of He Liang Heli Fund and the first prize of Jiangsu science and technology progress prize. Won the national scientific research project 146, 45 provincial and ministerial scientific research projects and more than 300 municipal and departmental scientific research projects; Obtained 125 invention patents; More than 3,000 papers have been published, including 1000 papers included in SCI.