The school was originally established in 1934 in Zhenjiang,[1] but subsequently relocated to Nanjing in 1957.

[2] The university has two main campuses: Wutai and Jiangning, both of which have international student apartments.

[7] The school offers bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D degree and post-doctoral research programs.

The University states that it has "one academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, one Chang Jiang Scholar Distinguished Visiting Professor, two recruited global experts from the National “Thousand Talent” Program, six winners of the China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists, one winner of the National Award for Distinguished Teachers, five winners of the funds from New Century Excellent Talent Support Program of the Ministry of Education, nine Jiangsu Specially-Appointed Professors, three “State-Level Teaching Teams”, and one “Innovation Team” from the Ministry of Education.

"[9] It has an international exchange and cooperation program in which sends instructors overseas for studies and works with scientific research institutions and medical schools in the Britain, United States of America, Australia, Germany, Japan and France.