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Founded in 1902, Nanjing University (NJU) is a century-old university and enjoys a high reputation both at home and abroad. The historical development of the university has been closely connected with the mission of the nation and the needs of society. The vision of NJU is to build itself into a world-class comprehensive, research-intensive, and internationalized higher learning institution oriented towards “high-caliber faculty, top-notch students, and cutting-edge research”. NJU consists of three beautiful campuses, Gulou, Xianlin, and Pukou. Its current President is Dr. Jun CHEN, professor in geochemistry, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Presently, NJU has over 33,205 full-time students, among whom about 14,188 are undergraduate students, 15,667 master and doctoral students, and 3,350 international students. NJU has 28 schools containing 73 departments and runs 8 national key disciplines in the primary disciplinary categories, 13 national key disciplines in secondary categories, and 6 national key disciplines on the fostering list. NJU is listed as one of the first groups of high-level universities in the national “211 Project” and “985 Project”, which provide heavy funding from the central government. As a member of the China 9 League (C9), NJU boasts a strong team of faculty with humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, and engineering.