NMU has a strong faculty team of 1501 registered faculty members, including 159 full professors, 344 associate professors, 132 supervisors of doctoral programs and 386 supervisors of master’s programs. Among them are 15 National-Level Experts with Special Allowance sponsored by the State Council, one winner of ‘National May 1st Labor Medal’, 3 national excellent teachers, 4 national excellent backbone teachers, 1 expert with Extraordinary Contribution from Ministry of Health.

NMU has 1 key laboratory at ministry level, 2 key laboratories co-established by the ministry and the provincial government, 7 provincial key laboratories and research centers.

NMU’s Library is the central medical library in Jiangsu Province and the medical literature center of the university literature service system. The university library has a collection of over 1,220,000 volumes, including over 5,700 categories of periodicals in English and Chinese. 11 categories of academic periodicals among which the ‘Journal of Nanjing Medical University’, ‘Clinical Dermatology’, ’Clinical Neurology’ and ’Jiangsu Medicine’  are sponsored by the university. Besides, the establishment of a digital campus has brought extra convenience to teaching, scientific research, management and study.

Recently, NMU has taken an active part in exchange and cooperation through the Internationalization of higher education. The University has established bilateral relationships on academic exchange and cooperation on scientific research and talents cultivation with medical schools and scientific research institutions in USA, Canada, Britain, Germany, Japan, France and Australia. Some prestigious experts and scholars have been conferred Nanjing Medical University honorary degrees or guest professorships. Meanwhile, NMU has sent 500 teachers abroad for long-term study or short-term visits. Since 2002, the university has begun enrolling International students including students from Mauritius, India, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. At present, the total number is over 500.