Providing the graduates with an exellent environment for study, research and living, Nanjing Normal University has been established as a center for teaching and research. It is sparing no effort  in nurturing more highly qualified specialists to meet the needs of economic construction and social development, to promote international academic and cultural exchanges, and to advance social progress and prosperity. With the progress of graduate programs, leaders of NNU aim at ranking the university among the nation's best higher educational institutions at the beginning of the next century.