The School of Mathematical Sciences at Nanjing Normal University has two first-level doctoral degree programs in Mathematics and Statistics, as well as two postdoctoral programs in these fields. Mathematics is recognized as a Jiangsu Provincial Advantage Discipline and ranks among the top 1% globally in ESI. The School hosts Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Numerical Simulation for Large Scale Complex Systems, Jiangsu International Joint Laboratory of Big Data Modeling, Computing and Application, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Spatial Big Data, and two university-level research institutes—the Institute of Mathematics and the Institute of Stochastic Analysis and Data Analysis. The School consists of seven research divisions: Geometry and Algebra, Modern Analysis, Computational Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations and Control, Statistics and Financial Mathematics, and Mathematics Education.

The School currently employs 104 staff members, including 88 full-time faculty. Among them are 2 recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 2 leading talents of the National High-Level Talents Special Support Program, 3 selected candidates of National Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talent Project, 2 recipients of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, 1 young scholar of the National High-Level Talents Special Support Program, 1 National Model Teacher, 2 National Excellent Teachers, 1 nationally recognized middle-aged or young expert with outstanding contributions, 1 Jiangsu Province middle-aged or young expert with outstanding contributions, and 2 recipients of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars Jiangsu Province.

Currently there are over 800 full-time undergraduate students and three full-time undergraduate programs: Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Information and Computational Science, and Statistics, as well as a dual-degree program in “Finance + Mathematics and Applied Mathematics” for cultivating interdisciplinary talents. Both Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and Statistics are recognized as national “First-Class Undergraduate Programs,” while Information and Computational Science is a provincial “First-Class Undergraduate Program.”

Each year, the School enrolls about 120 master’s students (including professional master’s degree students) and about 24 doctoral students. Major research directions include: Number Theory, Algebra, Geometry, Theory of Functions, Functional Analysis, Topology, Dynamical Systems, Numerical Algebra and Parallel Computation, Optimization Theory and Applications, Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations, Computational Mechanics, Ordinary Differential Equations and Applications, Partial Differential Equations and Nonlinear Analysis, Graph Theory and Combinatorial Design, Control Theory and Applications, Limit Theory and Actuarial Science, Stochastic Processes and Their Applications in Finance, Mathematical Statistics and Applications, and Curriculum and Instruction Research. With a team of high-level supervisors and strong research capacity, the School has made a series of important achievements with significant impact both domestically and internationally across its main research fields.

The School provides excellent teaching and research conditions, a pursuit of academic excellence, a supportive and harmonious environment, abundant library resources, standardized teaching and research management, and relatively competitive living benefits.