Nanjing University of Technology, which has a history of one hundred years, is one of the first 14 universities selected in the national "Innovation Ability Improvement Plan for Colleges and Universities" (20 1 1 plan). It is one of the top 100 provincial universities in Jiangsu Province, a key construction university in Jiangsu Province, a pilot university for comprehensive reform in Jiangsu Province, a pilot university for strengthening talents in Jiangsu Province, the first batch of national demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, a national innovation and entrepreneurship base for practical education in colleges and universities, the first batch of pilot universities for training outstanding engineers by the Ministry of Education, a pilot university for comprehensive reform of professional degree postgraduate education, and a pilot university for implementing "30 scientific and technological innovation reforms" in Jiangsu Province.

The national specialties of the school are: material science and engineering, process equipment and control engineering, computer science and technology, civil engineering, chemical engineering and technology, biological engineering and safety engineering.