Nanjing University, referred to as "Nanda", is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and the Central Government of People's Republic of China (PRC). Ranked among the national "double first-class", "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project" key construction universities. The plans selected for the Everest Plan, Qiangji Plan,11Plan and 20 1 1 Plan are Nine Schools Alliance (C9), China University Presidents' Association, Pacific Rim University Alliance, 2 1 Century Academic Alliance and Global University Advanced Research Institute.