The principal of the centenary of the school personally visited Japan to learn from the experience, is this a decline or progress today?

Nanjing Normal University (NanjingNormal University), referred to as "South Division", is located in Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, is a national "world-class discipline construction university" jointly built by the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Jiangsu Province, the first batch of key construction universities of the national "211 Project", and the construction of high-level universities in Jiangsu; it was selected as the national "111 Plan", the Outstanding Teacher Training Program, the Outstanding Legal Talents Education and Training Program, and the National Construction High-level University Postgraduate Program. The Chinese Government Scholarship Institutions for International Students in China, the National Cultural Quality Education Base for College Students, and the Demonstration Base for The Ministry of Education to Study in China are one of the birthplaces of higher normal education in China.

<h3>Late Qing Dynasty</h3>

Sanjiang and Liangjiang Normal Schools were established

The school was established in 1902 and suspended in 1912, which lasted for nearly ten years, especially after Li Ruiqing presided over the school administration, personally went to Japan to investigate education, and after returning to China, he did many practical things for the school, so that the scale of the Liangjiang Normal School has been greatly developed, and there are more than a thousand students in the school. Li Ruiqing's purpose of running the school is: regard education as life, school as family, students as children, and always unswerving. He personally wrote the school motto: "Chew the roots of vegetables, do great things." Under his presidency, the academy attaches great importance to science, traditional Chinese studies, and art, not only recruiting well-known Teachers from Home and Abroad to teach in the school, but also attaching importance to opening up skill disciplines and experiments, purchasing more than 100 acres of farms and cultivating dozens of cattle for the field experiments of agricultural and natural science students; setting up equipment such as studios and workshops for drawing and handicraft science students; purchasing instruments, drugs, and setting up laboratories for physical and chemical science students to experiment.

The students' examination results of the academy are the highest among the higher education institutions in Jiangnan. The first batch of outstanding primary and secondary school teachers were trained for the three provinces of Jiangnan. Well-known biologists Bingzhi, Chinese masters Hu Xiaoshi and Chen Zhongfan are the best among the early graduates of Liangjiang Normal School.

Establishment of Nanjing Higher Normal School

In 1912, after Sun Yat-sen became the provisional president, he elected the educator Cai Yuanpei as the director of education in the provisional government. After taking office, he put forward a series of ideas for reforming education and promulgated many education decrees. Jia Fengzhen, president of the Second Normal School of Jiangsu Province, and others jointly wrote to the Ministry of Education and the Provincial Office proposing to build a higher normal school in Nanjing at an early date to train secondary school teachers. According to the August 30, 1914 "Jiangsu Inspector Han Jun Appointed Jiang Qian (former director of the Jiangsu Education Department) to prepare the Nanjing Higher Normal School for the principal" recorded: "When he was appointed to the liangjiang excellent normal school, he inspected and surveyed it in detail, and whether he could repair part of it should be used for the time being." "Make sure that the school year is completed so that the school can open regularly." Soon, Han Jun was transferred to Anhui, but Jiang Qian did not arrive. After succeeding Qi Yaolin, the inspector of Jiangsu, returned to his post, reiterated that his predecessor had made a plan, and with the approval of the Ministry of Education, formally appointed Jiang Qian as the principal, and ordered him to quickly go to the province to prepare everything so that the school could start as scheduled. In the "Jiangsu Inspector Qi Yaolin Rao Jiangqian Preparation for the Opening of the School", it is further clarified that the purpose of Nanjing Higher Normal School is to "train secondary school teachers on the one hand, and promote the way to higher education for secondary school students on the other hand, which is related to the fundamental education of the province." Jiang Qian then arrived in Ning on January 17, and on the 18th, he went to the former Liangjiang Normal School to inspect the school building and plan to repair the classrooms. On January 29, 1915, it moved into the former site of Liangjiang Normal School.

After Jiang Qian took office, he immediately hired Dr. Guo Bingwen, who studied in the United States, to come to the school as the director of academic affairs, and Hired Chen Rong, a bachelor of education in the United States, as the director of the school supervision. He also hired Yuan Xitao, former director of the Ministry of Education, Huang Yanpei, vice president of the Provincial Education Association, and Shen Enfu, president of the Provincial Education Association, as commentators to brainstorm and discuss the establishment of Nanjing Higher Normal School.

Under the planning of Principal Jiang Qian and the efforts of all the preparatory staff, in the summer of 1915, the required repairs and purchases were completed one after another, and the classroom teachers were successively hired to the school. It also drafted the "Nanjing Higher Normal School Charter" and the "Nanjing Higher Normal School Recruitment Charter". On August 11, 1915, the examination was opened. There were 534 students from Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou and other provinces, of which Jiangsu had the largest number of candidates. A total of 126 students were admitted to the first enrollment, and the actual number was 110. Classes began on September 10, and the opening ceremony was held on September 18, inviting Governor Qi Yaolin and other local officials to visit the school to participate in the ceremony. At this point, Nanjing Higher Normal School was officially established. By 1921, there were 102 teachers in nangao division, including 55 professors and 3 foreign professors, with professors accounting for 56.8% of the total number of teachers, and more than 30 teachers had studied in China and abroad. Among them, there are many well-known professors who have been engaged in teacher education for a long time, such as Tao Xingzhi, Chen Heqin, Chen Zhongfan, Xu Zeling (Yang Qiu), Zhang Shiyi and so on.

On April 7, 1920, President Guo Bingwen proposed at the NGC Normal School Council that the proposal to establish a national university on the site of NGC Normal School and the former site of the Nanyang Persuasion Association was unanimously approved by the participants. Preparations began. On December 7, the State Council approved the establishment of the National Southeast University in Nanjing. On December 15, the Preparatory Office of Southeast University was officially established. From August 24 to 26, 1921, Southeast University and Nangao Division enrolled students at the same time, with Southeast University enrolling 130 new students and Nangao Division enrolling 119 new students. In 1922, the South High School stopped enrolling students, and its last batch of 17 students graduated in 1926.

The Department of Education of Southeast University was established on the basis of the Department of Education and Physical Education of the Southern Higher Division, and the three departments of education, psychology and physical education were established, and the Department of Rural Education was added in 1924, with the purpose of training research talents, training teachers and education administrators, and the school system was four years. After 1923, the head of the Department of Education was Tao Xingzhi, who was succeeded by Xu Zeling (Yang Qiu); the head of the Department of Education was concurrently served by Xu Zeling; Professor Lu Zhiwei of the Department of Psychology; and the Head of the Department of Physical Education was Professor Rao Bingshi. There are 34 teachers in the whole subject, including 13 who have obtained doctoral and master's degrees in China and abroad, 17 professors in China, and 2 foreign professors, and the teaching force is very strong. Well-known professors include Xu Zeling, Chen Heqin, Tao Xingzhi, Lu Zhiwei, Zheng Zonghai, Meng Xiancheng and so on. From January 1925 to April 1927, under the order of the Beiyang government, Southeast University was the president of Zeng Sanyi, which caused a storm that lasted for three years. In the end, due to the turmoil in the current situation, it was forced to stop. On May 16, 1927, the Educational Administration Committee of the National Government sent a member to the school to receive it.

<h3>Republic of China period</h3>

National Central University

1. Creation of National Central University

In April 1927, the Nationalist government established Nanjing as its capital. On June 9, the Education Administrative Committee imitated the French education system and promulgated the university district system, which was first tried in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Based on the National Southeast University, nine universities in Jiangsu, including Hehai University of Technology, University of Political Science and Law, Medical University, Nanjing Industrial College, Nanjing Agricultural School, Suzhou Industrial College, Shanghai University of Commerce and Shanghai Commercial College, were merged with the Department of Education of Jiangsu Province to form the Fourth National Sun Yat-sen University. In August, by the order of the District Executive Yuan of Sun Yat-sen University, the Art Department attached to the Provincial Fourth Normal School was included in the School of Education of the Fourth National Sun Yat-sen University (formerly the Department of Education of National Southeast University). The College of Education consists of the Department of Education, the Faculty of Education and the affiliated specialties of education (Physical Education, Arts, and Military Education), and the dean is Zheng Zonghai.

On February 10, 1928, the University Committee of the National Government University decided to change the name of The Fourth National Sun Yat-sen University to National Jiangsu University and concurrently assume the administrative functions of Education in Jiangsu. After changing its name to Jiangsu University, it was widely opposed by teachers and students throughout the university, causing a wave of class strikes and other trends. On May 16, according to the resolution of the University Committee of the Graduate School, Jiangsu University was renamed National Central University, which still functions as educational administration.

On October 23, 1928, the National Government decreed that the graduate school should be renamed the Ministry of Education. On July 5, 1929, the Ministry of Education decreed that the "university district system" would be stopped, and the central university district would be limited to the end of the year. Since then, Chuo University has been a purely academic institution and does not concurrently perform educational administrative functions.

2. Dissolution and rectification in the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Movement

After the September 18 Incident in 1931, the progressive teachers and students of CUHK, under the organization and leadership of the Nanjing Underground Party, launched the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Movement to protest the Kuomintang government's insistence on civil war and the adoption of a policy of non-resistance to Japanese aggression. On December 17, nearly 10,000 students from all over the country jointly held a general demonstration in Nanjing, which was attended by more than 1,000 students from CUHK, which was brutally suppressed, and the "Pearl Bridge Massacre" that shocked China and foreign countries occurred.

At the end of 1931, Zhu Jiahua, the president of CUHK, resigned. In 1932, cuhkenailiated the principal several times and was strongly opposed or even expelled by the principal; at the same time, due to the government's arrears of more than three months of salaries, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the faculty, CUHK teachers organized the "CUHK Independent Campaign Committee" to demand unpaid wages from the Ministry of Education. These incidents infuriated Zhu Jiahua, then minister of education, and at the end of June of the same year, with the support of the Kuomintang Central Committee, ordered the central university to be temporarily dissolved, and all students left the school to await screening. On July 2, the Ministry of Education sent four receiving committee members to the school to receive them. On the 6th, the Central University Consolidation Committee was established to sort out the school affairs. On August 26, the Kuomintang government appointed Luo Jialun as the president of CUHK. On September 10, CUHK held a screening exam and expelled 19 students. On October 11, all CKU students returned to school.

3. Rebuild the Faculty of Education after CUHK

After Luo Jialun became the president of CUHK, he announced that his school policy was "stability, fulfillment and development". He identified these three goals to carry out various tasks and enable CUHK to develop at a time of deep national difficulties.

According to the resolution of the Collation Committee of CUHK, the four departments of educational principles, educational psychology, educational administration, and educational society of the College of Education were reorganized into the Department of Education. Since 1933, there has been a separate Faculty Specialization, and any aspiring secondary school teacher who has graduated from each faculty may be certified by the school after one year of study in the Faculty of Education and after studying specific subjects. The original Art Education Department and art major department were reorganized into art departments. The Department of Physical Education was merged into the Department of Physical Education. The Department of Health Education was changed to the Department of Health Education, and the length of study was changed from two years to four years. The Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Science was merged with the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Educational Psychology to form the Faculty of Psychology, which is subordinate to the Faculty of Education.

In March 1933, the school council decided to completely build the oldest building of chuo University, the South High School, and add classrooms and laboratories for the College of Education; in June of the same year, the school council decided to rebuild mei'an for the teaching of the music group of the art department of the College of Education. On February 25, 1934, the school council decided to approve the trial establishment of an educational laboratory in the College of Education. In May, a summer workshop for science teachers in secondary schools was held. In June 1936, the Secondary School English Test, which was presided over by the Educational Laboratory Of the College of Education, ended, which lasted for 4 years and covered more than 10 provinces. Then, he began to study the problem of mathematical, physical and chemical tests in high school. There are 21 full-time professors and associate professors, 7 concurrently, 9 full-time lecturers and 3 concurrently, and 20 teaching assistants, with a total of 60 teachers. In addition, the kindergartens, elementary schools and experimental schools attached to the Faculty of Education have also been expanded, with 76 teachers and 4 teaching assistants.

4. Normal College after moving west to Chongqing during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression

After the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937 and the outbreak of the Songhu War, the war approached Nanjing, and the Central University was bombed by enemy aircraft for four consecutive times, and the school suffered heavy losses. To this end, CUHK decided to move west to Chongqing and the affiliated experimental school to Tunxi, Anhui. On December 1 of the same year, CUHK opened its school at the new site of Shapingba in Chongqing. At this time, the Faculty of Education has a Department of Education, a Department of Psychology, a Department of Physical Education, a Department of Health Education, and a Department of Arts.

In August 1938, by order of the Ministry of Education, the School of Education of Chuo University was changed to a teachers' college. The affiliated school was moved from Tunxi in Anhui to Guiyang. By August 1941, the Normal College accepted Chongqing Aokiguan No. 14 Middle School as the Affiliated Middle School of CuHK, and the original affiliated experimental school was returned to Guiyang.

After the College of Education was renamed as the Teachers' College, in addition to retaining the original Department of Education College, 7 departments of Chinese Language, English, History, Mathematics, Physical chemistry, Physical Education and Civic Training were added. In May 1939, Minister of Education Chen Lifu inspected CUHK and proposed that the Normal College should prepare for the establishment of a Scout Specialization Department. By August, the Normal College had 10 departments and 3 specializations. Namely: education, civic training, Chinese language, English, history, mathematics, physics and chemistry, natural history, physical education, art and other departments, as well as physical education, history, Scouting and other specializations. The former Department of Psychology was renamed the Faculty of Science. September 1944. The Faculty of Education was established in addition to the former Faculty of Psychology in the Institute of Normal Education. On July 14, 1945, the Faculty of Arts was added.

On August 1, 1945, in order to save manpower and material resources in the opening of courses and teachers, the school administrative council approved the reform and merger of some departments of the Normal College. The Department of Civic Training was merged into the Department of Education; the Department of ScoutIng was merged into the Department of Physical Education; the Department of Chinese Literature was merged into the Department of Chinese Literature of the Faculty of Letters; the Department of English was merged into the Department of Foreign Chinese Literature of the Faculty of Letters; the Department of History and Geography of the Faculty of Literature was merged into the Department of History and Geography of the Faculty of Letters, the Department of Mathematics was merged into the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Science; the Department of Physics and Chemistry was merged into the Department of Physics and Chemistry of the Faculty of Science, and the Department of Natural History was merged into the Department of Biology and Naturalistry of the Faculty of Science, respectively. At this point, the Normal College only retained the three departments of education, art, and physical education, and the attached physical education department, which continued until the demobilization of Nanjing.

From 1938 to 1945, the Normal College graduated from four classes, sending about 500 secondary education talents and 10 senior research talents (graduate students), making contributions to the cause of education. From 1937 to 1945, after the Central University moved west to Chongqing, under the circumstances of running the school and living conditions were very difficult, it still adhered to teaching and scientific research, and made rapid development in terms of discipline setting, teaching staff and school size.

5. Normal College after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and demobilization in Nanjing

In August 1945, Japanese imperialism surrendered unconditionally and the War of Resistance Against Japan was victorious. In September, Chuo University established the Demobilization Planning Committee. President Wu Youxun is the chairman of the committee. Jiang Lianggui, director of the Physical Education Department of Normal University, and Hu Jiajian, professor of the Department of Education, are the vice chairmen. After several months of planning, in May 1946, the teachers and students of the school returned to Nanjing in eight batches by various means of transport, land and water. The last batch arrived at the end of July. Books, instruments, etc. returned in mid-October. In October, the original affiliated experimental school was moved from Guiyang to Nanjing Sanpailou, which was attached to the Normal College of Central University, with Professor Peng Baichuan of the Department of Education as the president.

On November 1, 1946, Chuo University was demobilized and opened for classes. The Normal College has 3 departments and 1 specialty. Xu Zeling (Yang Qiu), head of the Department of Education; Jiang Lianggui, head of the Department of Physical Education; Lu Sibai, head of the Department of Arts, is divided into painting and music groups; the director of the Physical Education Department is concurrently served by Jiang Lianggui; and the dean of the Normal College is Luo Tingguang (Bingzhi). All departments of the Normal College, except for the Physical Education Department in the gymnasium, the music group of the Art Department in Mei'an, the rest of the teaching and research departments, classrooms, painting rooms, etc. are in the South High School. There are 377 students, 82 teachers, including 32 professors, 12 associate professors, 12 lecturers, 23 teaching assistants and 3 adjunct professors.

In March 1947, by the order of the Ministry of Education, the Normal College set up the Management and Training Department. Professor Zhao Mian of the Department of Education was appointed as the director. However, because the specific measures of the Ministry of Management and Training have not yet been promulgated by the Ministry of Education, the Steering Committee for Teacher Training Students has been established to replace the organization of the Department of Management and Training. In the same year, Luo Tingguang (Bingzhi), the dean of the Normal College, resigned and was succeeded by Xu Yangqiu (Zeling).

Jinling Women's College of Arts and Sciences

From the winter of 1911 to the beginning of 1912, eight American missionary societies gathered in Shanghai to formulate a plan to open a women's university in the Yangtze River Basin and to issue an initiative to missionaries working in the area. In the summer of 1913, the Northern Presbyterian Church, the Northern Baptist Church, the Northern Methodist Church, and the Christian Church each elected three people to form the School Council, and on November 13, 1913, the Council elected Mrs. Deben Kang, the representative of the North Presbyterian Church, as the president of the Women's Union University in the Yangtze River Basin. In November 1914, the Church's Board of Management officially approved the replacement of the name of the Yangtze River Basin Women's United University with the name Jinling Women's University.

In September 1915, the Golden Lady University rented the Li's Residence in Nanjing Embroidery Lane as a temporary school site, and the enrollment began. The junior high school was established with two subjects: liberal arts and sciences. In June 1919, Jinnu University had the school emblem, school song, school color (purple), and motto (Housheng). In the summer of the same year, Mrs. Deben Kang went to the United States to raise funds for the establishment of the school, and in 1921 purchased land in TaoGu (the west side of the southern end of Ninghai Road) to build the school (now the Suiyuan Campus of Nanjing Normal University). In July 1923, the school moved to a new location. In the autumn of 1924, the university had 9 departments, including English, History, Sociology, Mathematics and Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Physical Education, and Pre-Medical Science. At the same time, an affiliated experimental secondary school was added as a place for graduates to practice and teach. In 1927, the Department of Chinese Language was added. In 1928, Mrs. Tokumoto resigned as president, and the school council elected Wu Yifang, the first graduate of Jinnu University and a doctorate in the United States, as the president.

In December 1930, after the Golden Women's University was approved, it was renamed Jinling Women's College of Arts and Sciences. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, schools were scattered in Shanghai, Wuhan and Chengdu. In January 1938, it was moved to Huaxi Dam in Chengdu, Sichuan. In 1939, the Department of Home Economics was added. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, in September 1946, the enrollment was opened at the original site in Nanjing. By 1950, the faculties of the university were: the Department of Chinese, the Department of Foreign Languages, the Department of Sociology and Social Work, the Department of History, the Department of Music, the Department of Physical Education (Physical Education), the Department of Biology, the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Home Economics (renamed the Department of Child Welfare in early 1951), the Department of Geography, the Department of ChildCare, the Department of Pre-Medical Care, and the Department of Nursing. There are 223 students enrolled. The total number of graduates of the Golden Women's College has reached 994.

<h3>After the founding of the country</h3>

Normal College of Nanjing University

On April 23, 1949, Nanjing was liberated. On May 7, the Nanjing Municipal Military Control Commission announced that central university would be taken over by the Chinese People's Liberation Army, with Zhao Zhuo as its military representative. On August 8, the Cultural and Education Committee of the Nanjing Municipal Military Control Commission announced that national central university was renamed national Nanjing University. On August 12, the Council of National Nanjing University was established.

After the establishment of the Nanjing University Council, Chen Heqin was appointed as the dean of the Normal College. The Faculty of Teachers' Training consists of the Department of Education, the Department of Arts (Painting Group, Music Group), and the Department of Physical Education (including Physical Education). There are affiliated middle schools, four arches attached to the primary school, Dingjiaqiao attached to the primary school. There are 326 students enrolled in the school. There are also 281 volunteer students, a total of 607 people, and 79 teachers and staff of the Teachers' College (57 teachers, 7 staff members, and 15 co-workers).

During this period, universities in East China made partial adjustments. In October 1949, a total of 300 students from Shanghai Municipal Normal College, Shanghai Municipal Physical Education Normal College and National Kindergarten Normal College were merged into the Department of Relations of Nanjing University Normal College. In September 1950, the art group of Anhui University was merged into the Department of Relations of Normal College. In October 1950, he received a notice from the Ministry of Education of the East China Military and Political Committee that the name of the school went to the word "national" and was directly called "Nanjing University".

By June 1952, Nanjing University had 6 colleges of grammar, division, science, engineering and agriculture, with a total of 37 departments. Among them, the Teachers' College has 5 departments and 2 specialties, namely: the Department of Education, the Department of Kindergarten Education, the Department of Fine Arts, the Department of Musicology, the Department of Physical Education, the Department of Physical Education, and the Department of Geography. The graduation period of each department is four years, and the graduation period of each specialization is two years.

The public Jinling University was born

In December 1950, the U.S. government announced a freeze on Chinese funds in the United States. At the same time, the Chinese government ordered the freezing of U.S. property in China and issued a "Decision on the Policy on the Handling of Cultural, Educational Relief Agencies and Religious Groups Receiving U.S. Subsidies." On January 11, 1951, the Ministry of Education issued the Directive on the Handling of Church Schools and Other Educational Institutions Receiving American Subsidies in accordance with the decision of the Council of State. On the 16th, the Ministry of Education held a meeting to deal with universities receiving foreign subsidies. During the meeting, the Trust Department of the American Christian Universities Federation sent a telegram inviting representatives from various schools to Hong Kong to discuss the allowance with the representatives of the Trust Department. Master Kim passed a resolution not to reply, saying that he would sever all relations with the American Church. After the meeting, Jinda and Jinnuyuan held deliberations and decided that the government would take over, and the two universities would be merged and changed to the public Jinling University.

On May 3, 1951, the East China Military and Political Committee approved the list of members of the Preparatory Committee for the Merger of Jinda university and Jinnuyuan. On June 8, 1951, the Ministry of Education of East China approved the merger of the two schools to the Preparatory Committee on the adjustment of departments and enrollment plans. After the merger of the two schools, there are still 23 departments, 6 specialties and 2 departments in the three colleges of arts, science and agriculture. On August 6, 1951, the Ministry of Education of East China approved the merger plan between Jinda university and Golden Women's College, which was still named Jinling University after the merger. The College of Literature is located at the site of the former Jinnu College, called Jin Daning Department (Ninghai Road); the College of Science and Agriculture is located in the former Jinda University Site, called JinDajin Department (Tianjin Road). On September 15, the Ministry of Education of East China approved the new public Jinling University to form a school council composed of 13 people, including Li Fangxun, Wu Yifang, Ge Fuding, Fan Qingsheng, Chen Zhongfan, Chen Naxun, Gao Jueshiki, and other teachers and student representatives. Li Fangxun and Wu Yifang are the chairmen and vice chairmen. After the merger of the two schools, there are 397 faculty members and 716 students. The public Jinling University ended in June 1952 after the adjustment of faculties.

Establishment of Nanjing Normal University

In July 1952, the Ministry of Education carried out the adjustment of colleges and universities nationwide in accordance with the policy of "focusing on cultivating talents and teachers in industrial construction, developing specialized colleges, and rectifying and strengthening comprehensive universities". In accordance with the adjustment plan of faculties and departments in East China, the school councils of Nanjing University and Jinling University held a joint meeting to organize the preparatory committees for the establishment of Nanjing University, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing Agricultural College and Nanjing Normal University respectively. Nanjing Normal College is based on the Department of Normal College of Nanjing University, the Department of Education and Child Welfare of Jinling University, the Department of ChildCare of Shanghai Aurora University, the Child Welfare Group of the Department of Social Welfare of Lingnan University in Guangzhou, and the Mathematics and Science Class of Nanjing Normal College, and the campus is located in the former Jinling Women's College of Arts and Sciences (now Suiyuan Campus of Nanjing Normal University). In November and December, the Ministry of Education of the Central People's Government appointed Chen Heqin as the president of Nanjing Normal College, Wu Yifang and Zhong Hanmin as vice presidents, Gao Jueshi as provost, Hu Yanli as general administrator, and Xiong Zirong as librarian. The Political Counseling Office was established, with Bai Sha as its director.

Nanjing Normal University was initially built on the basis of the original Jinling Women's College of Arts and Sciences, with 191 acres of land, 9448 square meters of teaching and office buildings, 5837 square meters of student dormitories, and 5616 square meters of living rooms for faculty and staff. There are 4 laboratories and more than 700 instruments. The library has a collection of more than 117,000 books and materials. By 1956, the number of teaching and office buildings increased by 8519 square meters, the living room of teachers and students increased by 1211 square meters, and a maintenance house, a piano room, an anatomy room, a greenhouse, a laundry room and a bathroom were built. The library has a collection of more than 250,000 books and materials.

In 1955, according to the instructions of the Central Ministry of Education, in order to concentrate the leadership on the principle of running several departments and liberal arts and sciences, the Nanjing Normal Academy and the Jiangsu Normal Academy were adjusted. The Departments of Chinese, Biology, Geography and Fine Arts of Jiangsu Normal University were merged into Nanjing Normal University, and the Departments of Mathematics and Physics of Nanjing Normal College were merged into Jiangsu Normal College. After the adjustment, Nanjing Normal University has set up eight departments of Chinese, education, preschool education, geography, chemistry, biology, art, and music, and five specialties such as Chinese, geography, biology, art, and music, and has opened correspondence education for higher teachers.

Reform continues to develop

In 1960, in accordance with the instructions of the Central Committee that higher normal schools must become schools of educational revolution and that the quality of cultural and scientific knowledge should quickly catch up with the level of comprehensive universities, Nanjing Normal University carried out teaching reforms in terms of curriculum setting and teaching methods. During this period, teaching and scientific research work has made some progress, the number of students in the school has increased from 2015 in 1956 to 4396, correspondence students have reached 3000, and a multidisciplinary amateur university has been established to enroll 842 students, and agricultural high school teacher training classes have been held.

In 1965, the Nanjing Normal University Branch was established in Jurong, and more than 200 students from the three departments of Chinese, politics and education, and biology were half cultivated and half-read in jurong branch.

In December 1969, by the decision of the Education and Health Office of the Revolutionary Committee of Jiangsu Province, some departments of Jiangsu Institute of Education and Jiangsu Correspondence University were merged into the South Division. In November 1969, the two departments of music and art of the South Division were merged into the Jiangsu Revolutionary Literary and Art School (formerly the Nanjing Academy of Arts), and in 1972, the two departments were re-merged into the Nanjing Normal College, and in 1976, some of the teachers and staff of the Nanjing Sports Institute were transferred to the Sports Training Group of the South Division, and soon merged with the Public Sports Office to establish the Department of Physical Education.

In 1972, the school resumed enrollment. In the five years from 1972 to 1976, a total of 3,755 workers, peasants, and soldiers were enrolled in five sessions, with a three-year study system, and a number of teachers were trained for secondary schools in Jiangsu Province.

In November 1981, with the approval of the State Council, the school became the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units in China.

In 1984, Nanjing Normal University was renamed Nanjing Normal University, referred to as Southern Normal University.

In 1996, it entered the ranks of national "211 Project" universities.

In 2000, the "Nanjing Power College" under the former Ministry of Chemical Industry was merged into Nanjing Normal University, and Nanjing Normal University gradually built a comprehensive teaching and research university featuring teacher training.

In 2006, it was selected as the national college students' cultural quality education base.

In May 2012, it was rated by the Ministry of Education as a typical experience university for graduate employment in China. In November, it was selected as the first batch of outstanding legal talents education and training bases in China.

In 2014, Nanjing Normal University was selected as the Outstanding Teacher Training Program of the Ministry of Education and the Demonstration Base of the Ministry of Education for Studying in China.

In August 2015, Nanjing Normal University became a provincial and ministerial university jointly established by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

In May 2017, Nanjing Normal University, Sichuan University, Soochow University, Tianjin Foreign Chinese University and Northwest Normal University established the "China Semiotics Base Alliance".

In September 2017, Nanjing Normal University was selected into the list of the first batch of "double first-class" world-class discipline construction universities in China.

In August 2019, it was rated as a national university with typical experience in innovation and entrepreneurship by the Ministry of Education.

On June 7, 2021, Nanjing Normal University and Taizhou College of Nanjing Normal University released the "Instructions on Matters Related to the Transfer of Taizhou College of Nanjing Normal University". [1]

<h3>Resources</h3>

1. Explanation of Matters Related to the Transfer of Taizhou College of Nanjing Normal University [Cited on 2021-06-16]

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