According to the report released in 2009 on class 1 disciplines overall level evaluation during 2007~2009 by China Academic Degree & Graduate Education Development Center of The Ministry of Education, NUBS ranks within top 5 nationwide in both theoretical economics and business management, while business management ranks No.1 in south area of China.
Nanjing University Business School dates back to the courses of economics and commerce provided after education reform in 1902, during which period the faculty member of the school included the cultural academic leader Liu Yizheng (柳詒徵), who is the author of the first book of The History of Chinese Commerce and Business Ethics.
The faculty of commerce (or business) was founded in 1917 at Nanking Higher Normal School which transformed to be National Southeastern University in 1921.
In the meantime, there was the Department of Economics under the division of social sciences in the main campus of Nanking, which was originated in 1921 and the first director was Hsiao Chunchin (Xiao Chunjin, 蕭純錦).
[5] NUBS start to provide formal EMBA (Executive Master of Business Administration) education in 2002.