Nanjing Normal University (NNU or NJNU; simplified Chinese: 南京师范大学; traditional Chinese: 南京師範大學; pinyin: Nánjīng Shīfàn Dàxué) is a public research university in Nanjing,
China. Founded in 1902 as Sanjiang Normal School, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious higher normal schools in China, and has become a research-intensive comprehensive university co-funded by the Ministry of Education of China and Jiangsu Provincial Government since its separation from Nanjing University in 1952. NNU is a leading National Key University designated by China's former Project 211, Plan 111, and Double First Class University Plan.[3]
