Nanjing XiaoZhuang University

Nanjing Xiaozhuang University is a full-time public undergraduate institution located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, under the jurisdiction of Nanjing Municipal Government. Its predecessor was the Xiaozhuang Experimental Rural Normal School founded in 1927 by renowned educator Tao Xingzhi, making it the birthplace of China's rural teacher education and a spiritual cradle for modern Chinese educators.

The university was formed in 2000 through the merger of Nanjing Normal College, Nanjing Education College, and Nanjing Xiaozhuang Normal School, with Nanjing Preschool Normal College joining in 2014. It now has three campuses—Fangshan, Mochou, and Xiaozhuang (Xingzhi Garden)—covering nearly 1,500 mu (about 100 hectares), with around 18,000 full-time undergraduate students and 1,432 faculty and staff.

Nanjing Xiaozhuang University's core strengths lie in its deep-rooted tradition of teacher education and its distinctive application-oriented positioning. As the birthplace of China's rural teacher education, it has an outstanding reputation in normal programs such as primary education, preschool education, and special education, producing a large number of backbone teachers for basic education.

The university offers 3 professional master's degree programs and 44 undergraduate majors, with coordinated development across education, literature, science, engineering, and other disciplines. In 2026, the Nanjing Municipal Government explicitly supported the university's renaming to a university, promoting its construction as a provincial first-class application-oriented undergraduate institution and the cultivation of doctoral degree-granting units, marking a new phase of rapid development.

The university comprises 15 professional colleges with a highly qualified faculty of 1,432, over 40% of whom hold senior professional titles, and many have been selected for provincial or higher talent programs. Teaching follows Tao Xingzhi's philosophy of 'integration of teaching, learning, and doing,' emphasizing practical training through multiple provincial-level experimental teaching demonstration centers and off-campus internship bases.

Research focuses on education science, rural development, and AI applications, supported by platforms such as the Jiangsu Provincial Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences. In recent years, the university has undertaken over a hundred national and provincial research projects.

Nanjing Xiaozhuang University has three distinctive campuses. The main Fangshan campus is located at the foot of Fangshan Mountain in Jiangning District, featuring modern teaching buildings, a library, laboratories, and sports facilities.

Student dormitories are equipped with air conditioning and private bathrooms for convenience. The Mochou campus sits in central Nanjing by Mochou Lake, offering easy access to transportation and a rich cultural atmosphere.