Nanjing Normal University

南京师范大学
Former names	Sanjiang Normal School (Faculty of Education) National Nanjing Higher Normal School (Faculty of Education) College of Education, National Southeastern University College of Education, National 4th Sun Yat-sen University Teachers College, National Central University Teachers College, Nanjing University Nanjing Normal College (1952–1984)
Motto	正德厚生，笃学敏行
Type	Public
Established	Originated in 1902; 123 years ago (1902) and established as an independent school in 1952; 73 years ago (1952)
President	Minqiang Hu[1]
Academic staff	1,898
Students	30,933[2]
Undergraduates	18,369
Postgraduates	12,564
Doctoral students	1,525
Other students	5,216 (continuing education)
Location	Nanjing , Jiangsu , China 32°03′22″N118°45′52″E / 32.05611°N 118.76444°E /32.05611; 118.76444
Campus	Urban
Colours
Mascot	NNU Lion
Website	www.njnu.edu.cn

Nanjing Normal University (NJNU;Chinese:南京师范大学;pinyin:Nánjīng Shīfàn Dàxué) is a provincial public university inNanjing,Jiangsu, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Jiangsu, and co-sponsored by theMinistry of Education and the provincial government. The university is part of theDouble First-Class Construction andProject 211.

As of 2020, NNU has three campuses in Nanjing, namelyXianlin,Suiyuan, andZijin. It consists of 28 colleges and schools with an enrollment of 18,369 undergraduates and 12,564 graduate students, including 1,525 doctoral candidates.

The history of Nanjing Normal University can be traced to 1902 with the establishment ofSanjiang Normal School (三江师范学堂).^[3] Sanjiang refers to a historical province inQing dynasty that roughly covers three provinces in contemporary China, includingJiangsu,Jiangxi, andAnhui. The college evolved into Liangjiang Advanced Normal School, National Nanjing Higher Normal School, National Southeastern University, National 4th Sun Yat-sen University, National Jiangsu University, National Central University, andNanjing University in the following decades.^[4]

The other origin of Nanjing Normal University is theUniversity of Nanking which was established in 1888 as Nanking Academy and developed into Private University of Nanking in 1910. It was the first institution in China officially named "university" in English and was registered with theNew York State Education Department. In 1951, Private University of Nanking and PrivateGinling College, were integrated into the National University of Nanking.^[5]

In 1952, as the result of the nationwide reorganization of higher education, some schools and departments of Nanjing University and University of Nanking were separated and merged to establishNanjing Normal College (南京师范学院), which was set up on the former site of Ginling College.^[6] The college then exchanged several academic faculties and departments withSoochow University (Suzhou) in Jiangsu Province, establishing a more robust discipline system for both institutions. In 1984, Nanjing Normal College was renamedNanjing Normal University (南京师范大学).^[7] In 1996, it became one of the first group of universities designated by the Ministry of Education of China in the list of formerProject 211 forNational Key Universities. In 2000, Nanjing Polytechnic of Power Engineering, a national polytechnic institute governed by the Ministry of Chemical Industry at the time, was incorporated into the university. It is included in theDouble First-Class Construction.^[8]

Nanjing Normal University has three campuses throughout the urban and suburban areas ofNanjing, China. Nanjing was named among the best student cities in the world for studying abroad byQuacquarelli Symonds in 2019.^[9] It is one of theFour Great Ancient Capitals of China and the current capital ofJiangsu Province.^[10]

Suiyuan Campus (随园校区) (122 Ninghai Rd, Gulou District) is the historical site of the formerGinling College and has been designated as a "Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level" of China. It is home to a number of classical Chinese buildings.^[11]

Xianlin Campus (仙林校区) (1 Wenyuan Rd, Qixia District), located inXianlin University City, is the main campus of Nanjing Normal University. Established in 2001, it is the newest and largest campus. It occupies an area of 346.7 hectares and is divided into four parts, east, west, north and south, having the majority of undergraduate students study here. The main library in the center of the campus, subsidized byZhu Jingwen, is the largest single building library in Jiangsu Province.^[12]

Zijin Campus (紫金校区) (78 Bancang St, Xuanwu District) is the site of the former Nanjing Polytechnic of Power Engineering, which merged into Nanjing Normal University in 2000.^[13] It was the home of NNU's School of Electrical and Automation Engineering and School of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, which moved to the expanded Xianlin Campus in 2019.

Since it turned into an independent school from the teachers college ofNanjing University, Nanjing Normal University has become a research university for arts and sciences in China with a number of top-ranked subjects. According to the academic subjects evaluation held by theMinistry of Education in 2012, NNU ranked 3rd in education/pedagogy, 6th in geography, 6th in Marxism studies, 7th in foreign languages and literatures, 9th in psychology, 9th in fine arts, and 13th for law and legal studies.^[14]

As of 2020, there are 28 colleges and schools, including:

• Ginling College
• Honors College
• School of Teacher Education
• International College for Chinese Studies
• School of Public Administration
• School of Business
• School of Law
• School of Marxism
• School of Education Science
• School of Psychology
• School of Sports Science and Physical Education
• School of Chinese Language and Literature
• School of Foreign Languages and Cultures
• School of Journalism and Communication
• School of Social Development
  • Social Development Academy
• School of Mathematical Sciences
• School of Physics and Technology
• School of Chemistry and Materials Science
• School of Geography
• School of Life Sciences
• School of Energy and Mechanical Engineering
• School of Electrical Engineering and Automation
• School of Computer Science and Electronic Information/School of Artificial Intelligence
• School of Environment
• School of Marine Science and Engineering
• School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering
• School of Music
• School of Fine Art

By 2020, Nanjing Normal University offers undergraduate degree programs in 74 majors, research master's degree programs in 41 disciplines, professional master's degree programs in 25 disciplines, and doctoral degree programs in 26 disciplines. It has also established 22 post-doctoral research centers.

As of 2020, NNU has 29 undergraduate programs that are officially designated by the Ministry of Education of China as "National First-class Undergraduate Programs", including:

In recent years, NNU has achieved 32 Key Projects from the National Social Science Fund of China, 7 Philosophy and Social Sciences Key Research Projects from the Ministry of Education, 2 National Science and Technology Support Projects, 4 projects funded by the973 Program (National Basic Research Program), 1 project funded by the863 Program (State High-Tech Development Plan), and 28 Key Projects from theNational Natural Science Foundation of China.

NNU has signed a cooperative agreement with the Nanjing Branch of theChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and thePurple Mountain Observatory, CAS to strengthen cooperation in the frontiers of earth and space science, exchange of faculty and personnel, and joint training of graduate students. On July 4, 2021, the asteroid number 216446, discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory, was named "NNU Star" with the approval of the Small Bodies Naming Committee of theInternational Astronomical Union (IAU).^[15]

The 2023Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) ranked Nanjing Normal University within the range of 401–500 globally.

The 2021Chinese University Ranking (CUAA) ranked the university 41st comprehensively and 20th for humanities and social sciences, right behind such schools asShanghai Jiao Tong University (18th) andChina University of Political Science and Law (19th) and ahead of such schools asZhongnan University of Economics and Law (21st),Jinan University (23rd) andXi'an Jiaotong University (26th).^[25]

By September 2021, NNU has been listed among the world's top 1% in 10 academic disciplines byESI, one of the world's most influential indicators of academic capacity. The 10 disciplines include:

• Chemistry (top 0.28%)
• Engineering (top 0.29%)
• Agricultural Sciences (top 0.45%)
• Materials Science (top 0.48%)
• Environment/Ecology (top 0.54%)
• Plant & Animal Science (top 0.61%)
• Geosciences (top 0.70%)
• Mathematics (top 0.78%)
• Social Sciences, General (top 0.88%)
• Computer Science (top 0.99%)^[26]

• Dual Bachelor's Program inAccounting/Finance withMacquarie University (Australia)^[28]
• Dual Bachelor's Program inComputer Science with theUniversity of Queensland (Australia)^[28]
• Dual Bachelor's Program inEducation withTohoku University (Japan)
• Dual Bachelor's Program inEducation with theUniversity of Strathclyde (UK)
• Dual Bachelor's Program inElectrical Engineering withNorthumbria University (UK)
• Dual Bachelor's Program inLaw withHokkaido University (Japan)
• Dual Bachelor's Program inPublic Administration withGeorge Mason University (US)
• Dual Master's Program inCriminal Justice with theUniversity of Maryland, College Park (US)^[29]
• Dual Master's Program in AppliedGeoinformatics with theUniversity of Salzburg (Austria)^[30]
• Dual Master's Program inGeographic Information Science with theUniversity of Maryland, College Park (US)^[31]
• Fifth YearMaster of Laws (L.L.M.) Program with theUniversity of California, Riverside (US)
• Fifth YearMaster of Laws (L.L.M.) Program withSwansea University (UK)

There are 180 recognized student organizations and clubs on campus. Students can create new organizations to satisfy their own interests and likeminded other students. With the consent from related departments and the approval of the NNU Party Committee, students are also allowed to establish organizations which off-campus students can get involved. Staff members in the Youth League Committee are available. They will connect students with existing recognized student organizations and give advices to start new ones.

Astronomy Club: a university-level academic club. The astronomy club was founded in September, 2009. Since then, the club has been constantly improving its observation equipments, increasing the number of club members, encouraging participation in various activities, and widening its social influence. The club owns 5 astronomical telescopes, including a reflective astronomical telescope, a refractive and reflective astronomical telescope, and three refractive astronomical telescopes.G-Mix Dancing Club: In October 1999, a group of NNU women founded a school dancing association named G-Mix. The club aims at improving college students' artistic accomplishment. Members dance together at least three times a week. G-Mix also invites professional teachers to give lessons every semester.Guangyu Chinese Opera Club: Guangyu Chinese Opera Club was founded in September 2003. It is a club of various kinds of Chinese operas, such as Beijing Opera, Kun Opera, Yue Opera, Huangmei Opera, Yu Opera. The club holds regular activities every week. Students practice singing on weekdays, train performing on Saturdays, and watch different types of operas on Sundays. There are lectures on Chinese opera every semester as well. The club aims at inheriting and carrying forward the culture of Chinese opera and meanwhile adding varieties to campus activities.HOLA Ballroom Dance Club: HOLA Ballroom Dance Club is a NNU student group focused on social dancing. Founded in 2015 by a group of dance lovers, the club teaches novice and veteran dancers a variety of Latin dances and Ballroom, and takes part in dance events, performances and competitions. The club mainly offers lessons on the International Latin (Cha-Cha, Rumba, Samba, Paso Doble, Jive). Classes are divided into two levels: Beginner and Intermediate, therefore no former experience is required. Team members train weekly to prepare for competitions and performances held in the university and across Nanjing.

Equipped with many complete sets of advanced facilities for exercising, the Xianlin Sports Center covers an area of 23,000 square meters falling in a convenient range for people to reach with six public bus driving directly to the destination and Metro Line 2 a few miles ahead. The Sports Center consists of two gyms, which are designed as the competition venue A with Yoga room, dancing room, VIP fitness center and shower room, and the comprehensive training gym B with warm-watered natatorium, badminton stadium, basketball arena, volleyball arena, table tennis training hall, exercising instrument room for masculine building, room for martial arts training, gymnastic hall, indoor plastic racetrack and two outdoor swimming pools. Many national-leveled and international-leveled sports competitions and artistic performance have been held in the center. In respond to the National Fitness Program, all the exercising rooms are now available to the citizens in Nanjing after the successful holding of the Tenth National Games. Except for the moment of physical teaching and training period, everyone is welcomed to the center to enjoy the shared resources for exercising.

Students and others exercise in the Suiyuan sports center after class and on holidays. To meet with the public demand for fitness training and physical recreation, School of Sports Science and Physical Education in NNU has established many training programs open to the public to enhance the social interaction and ease the contradictions caused by the unbalanced distribution of the training zones in the gym. Providing the access to the Sports Center in Suiyuan campus, Nanjing Normal University has acted as an ideal place for public exercising and arena for sports competition. There are three gyms now available to the public: the badminton hall, table tennis arena and basketball arena.^[9]

• Tao Xingzhi, one of the most celebrated educators in Chinese history
• Zhang Daqian, one of the most famous Chinese artists of the 20th century
• Wu Yi-fang, a prominent Chinese diplomat in the United States and one of only four women to sign theUN Charter in 1945
• Zheng Xiaoying, the first womanconductor in China and the chief conductor of theChina National Opera House
• Chen Heqin (陈鹤琴), famous child educator, child psychologist, professor, the founder of China's modern early childhood education
• Qian Ji, a profound physicist and aerospace engineer awarded theTwo Bombs, One Satellite Meritorious Medal for his contribution in the development of China's first satellite
• Hong Yinxing (洪银兴), a prominent economist who served as the Chancellor ofNanjing University and the Vice-Chair of the Social Science Commission of theMinistry of Education
• Li Jiange (李剑阁), president ofChina International Capital Corporation and former deputy director of the Economics Restructuring Office of theState Council
• Liu Mingkang, former chairman ofChina Banking Regulatory Commission, former president of theBank of China andChina Everbright Group
• Cai Mingzhao, president ofXinhua News Agency, director of theState Council Information Office, member of the19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,
• Huang Ming, minister of theMinistry of Emergency Management and former deputy minister of theMinistry of Public Security (China)
• Le Yucheng, executive vice minister of theMinistry of Foreign Affairs, alternate member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
• Zhu Chengshan (朱成山), curator of theMemorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, a prominent scholar of Chinese history and peace-building
• Yang Jinlong, chemist, Academician of theChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), vice president of theUniversity of Science and Technology of China
• Zhang Jindong, a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur, founder and the current largest shareholder ofSuning
• Fan Hongwei, a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur, CEO of the chemical fiber companyHengli Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
• Wu Weishan, curator of theNational Art Museum of China and president of the Chinese Academy of Sculpture
• Meng Fei, a household name in China that serves as a host for several nationwide TV programs
• Hui Ruoqi, the Outside Hitter and the fifteenth Captain ofChina Women's National Volleyball Team which won the gold medal at the2016 Summer Olympics
• Zhang Changning, the Outside Hitter ofChina Women's National Volleyball Team and won the gold medal at the2016 Summer Olympics
• Michael Anti, a Chinese journalist and political blogger, recognized for his posts about freedom of the press in China
• Zee Yuh-tsung, Chinese diplomat

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