Nanjing University traces its origins to Sanjiang Normal School, established in 1902, and took its present name in 1950; in the national restructuring of 1952 it merged with Jinling University. It describes itself as a comprehensive research university and lists membership of the C9 League. It has four main campuses: Gulou, Xianlin and Pukou in Nanjing, and a newer campus in Suzhou.
Its By the Numbers page, which carries no date, lists 14,714 undergraduates, 18,103 master’s students, 9,430 doctoral students and 1,396 international students, with 2,214 professors and 15 state key laboratories. Its executive leadership is headed by Tan Tieniu, Chair of the University CPC Council, and Tan Zhemin, President. The university reports academic links with about 280 institutions in more than 30 countries and regions.