The main source of the school can be traced back to Sanjiang Normal School, which was founded in 1902. This school is one of the cradles of higher normal education in China. The school was selected as the first batch of "double first-class" universities in China in 20 17. 20 18 became a "double-class" university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Province. In 2022, he was selected as the second round of "double first-class" universities in China.
Nanjing Normal University has three campuses: Xianlin, Suiyuan and Zijin. Suiyuan Campus has the reputation of "the most beautiful campus in the East". The school covers an area of 2 179633 square meters, and the total construction area of existing school buildings is 966.808+09 square meters. There are 28 secondary colleges and 2 independent colleges.