Ningbo University is an institution jointly developed by the Chinese Ministry of Education, Zhejiang provincial government and the Ningbo municipal government. It was selected for the national ‘Double First-Class’ educational initiative, and was one of the first five key universities selected by Zhejiang Province. Ningbo University is ranked among the top 100 Chinese universities for academic excellence.

The university has five campuses, covering an area over 3000 acres, with a floor space totaling 124,000 square meters. The main campus, adjacent to Feng Hua Road in the north and Yongjiang River in the south, offers wide space for study and research with magnificent buildings and pleasant lawns and greenery. The university supplies a complete set of facilities and services for teaching, and research. Its libraries now have a CNKI Network Administration Service Center, and a collection of approximately 4,615,000 books. It has 9 affiliated hospitals and 8 hospitals for internship.

The university focuses on the Research and Development and acquires various resources from the central, provincial and municipal governments. Its short-term goal is becoming a teaching and research orientated university.

It also achieved 5 National Sci-Tech Progress Awards (second class), which includes ‘the innovation and industrialization of key technology for sea-water active bait and swelling-feeding’,‘the R&D and industrialization of energy-saving equipment for drinking-water advanced-treatment’,‘innovation and application of key technology for wireless media telecommunicating transition and terminal system’ etc. 

12 Ministerial Natural Science Awards (first class) and Zhejiang Provincial Sci-Tech Awards (first class), and many Ningbo Municipal Sci-Tech Awards (first class) were achieved by Ningbo University during this period of time.

The University employs over 2826 staff members including 1843 teachers and researchers, 401 have senior professional titles and 783 have associate senior professional titles, and over 1158 staff hold a PhD degree.

It has 7 class-A subjects and 6 class-B subjects rated first-class provincially. According to ESI (Essential Science Indicators) subject ranking, Clinical Medicine, Engineering, Chemistry, Material Science, Plant and Animal are 5 disciplines that go on the list of 1% world class institutions.