Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, referred to as "Nanxin University" for short, is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, and is a Class A construction university under the peak plan of high-level university construction in Jiangsu Province. As of August 2023, the school covers an area of more than 2,000 mu, with a collection of more than 2.65 million paper documents and more than 0.99 million e-books in Chinese and foreign languages.

At present, there are 24 professional colleges, 80 undergraduate majors, 4 post-doctoral research stations, 7 first-class discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 25 first-class discipline master degree authorization points, and 19 master degree authorization points.