In its century-old history, NJU has witnessed and shared our nation’s hardship and glory, striving with great effort to make its contributions to national revitalization and scientific progress. Faced with new, historical opportunities brought forth by the Reform and Opening-up, NJU as a key comprehensive university under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Education has upgraded itself with good momentum of development in teaching, research and social service, ranking among China’s top universities in its teaching indexes and overall strength. In 1994, NJU was accredited as a key university receiving support by “211 Project.” In 1999, it became one of the first batch of high-level universities receiving support by “985 Project.” Since 2006, it has been under the joint construction by the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Province.