The school was founded on 1960. It was originally under the Meteorological Bureau of the Central Military Commission. Its predecessor was the Institute of Meteorology of Nanjing University. 1963 was independently set up as a meteorological college, and 1978 was listed as a national key university. In 2004, the school was renamed Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology.
Since 2007, Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, China Meteorological Bureau, Ministry of Education and State Oceanic Administration have been established. Now it is a central and local university mainly managed by Jiangsu Province.
As of April, 20021year, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology campus covers an area of about 2000 mu, with 22 professional colleges, 75 undergraduate majors, 6 first-class doctoral degree authorization points, 22 first-class master degree authorization points and 14 master degree authorization points.
Refer to the above contents: Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology-Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology University Scholarship Evaluation Method.