The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction and Project 211.As of 2020, NNU has three campuses in Nanjing, namely Xianlin, Suiyuan, and Zijin.It was the first institution in China officially named "university" in English and was registered with the New York State Education Department.[6] The college then exchanged several academic faculties and departments with Soochow University (Suzhou) in Jiangsu Province, establishing a more robust discipline system for both institutions.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.NNU has signed a cooperative agreement with the Nanjing Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Purple 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.Students practice singing on weekdays, train performing on Saturdays, and watch different types of operas on Sundays.The club aims at inheriting and carrying forward the culture of Chinese opera and meanwhile adding varieties to campus activities.The club mainly offers lessons on the International Latin (Cha-Cha, Rumba, Samba, Paso Doble, Jive).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.Except for the moment of physical teaching and training period, everyone is welcomed to the center to enjoy the shared resources for exercising.
Panorama of NNU Xianlin Campus from the main gate
Main gate of NNU Suiyuan Campus in traditional style
Jingwen Library, the main library of NNU located on central Xianlin Campus