On the morning of May 20, 2022, the 120th anniversary of the founding of Nanjing University was celebrated at the Fang Zhaozhou Gymnasium on the Xianlin Campus.
Nanjing University was founded in 1902 as the Sanjiang Normal School, and has since passed through the historical periods of Liangjiang Normal School, Nanjing Higher Normal School, National Southeast University, National Central University, and was renamed Nanjing University in 1950.
In 1952, some of the faculties and departments of Nanjing University were merged with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Jinling University, which was founded in 1888, and the name of the university was changed to Nanjing University. The site was moved from Sipailou to the original site of Jinling University in Gulou.
In 2006, the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Province signed an agreement to build Nanjing University.
In 2011, the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Province signed an agreement to continue to build Nanjing University.
Leaders and guests attending the ceremony included:
Leaders of relevant units of the provincial government, leaders of the places where Nanjing University operates, representatives of the old leaders and retired comrades of Nanjing University, academicians, senior professors of liberal arts and honorary senior professors, representatives of the trustees and alumni, and representatives of undergraduate colleges and universities and scientific research institutes, hospitals, and schools of the Jinling series of Nanjing University in Nanjing, as well as representatives of the University of China. Hospital, Nanjing University Jinling series of schools, part of the media, and representatives of teachers and students in the staff.
The above content reference: Nanjing University News Network - One Hundred and Twenty Years! Celebrating the 120th Anniversary of the Founding of Nanjing University
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanjing University