Located in Nanjing, a beautiful city-known for being China's capital of six ancient dynasties and having a rich cultural heritage, Nanjing University is a key comprehensive university directly under the State Education Commission. Nanjing University is building itself by the early 21st century into an internationally influential, multi-disciplinary university with chararteristics of its own, one among the best in the world in teaching, research, management and resources.

Based on the advanced architecture and theory of urban design, the School Architecture of Nanjing University is set up. It aims at doing the critical research and training the professionals who can deal with the particular problems, with the purpose of solving the urban and architectural problems under the conditions of fast development of Chinese culture and economy. The graduate education that leads to the degree of master and doctor is the school's prime task.

The subject of architecture of Nanjing University has owned two secondary subjects, which offer the master degree, including the design and theory of architecture, the urban planning and design. In about 5 years, the Graduate School of Architecture of Nanjing University tends to be become a characteristic and first-class graduate school of architecture, which will have a population of the graduates about 200.