Nantong University

Key Highlights

• Founded from medical and textile education institutions established in 1912
• Present university formed through a three-institution merger in 2004
• Public comprehensive university supported by Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Transport
• Official 2026 admissions activity confirms continuing operation

Student Life & Environment

Student life is distributed across multiple campuses, so housing, facilities, commuting patterns, and nearby services depend on the student’s assigned school and program. The university’s general campus page identifies Seyuan, Qixiu, Zhongxiu, and Qidong campuses. Its 2026 master’s rules specifically place that intake at Seyuan or Qixiu and state that full-time master’s accommodation is generally available there. Part-time master’s students are not provided university housing. A university report on its integrated student-community system describes service stations serving residential areas and bringing together academic guidance, psychological support, career development, student organizations, safety education, and administrative services. The report also identifies spaces for student clubs, counselors, and student development activities. This indicates a structured residential-support model, although the article dates from 2024 and students should confirm which services operate in their assigned residence in 2026. Official international-education pages provide separate campus-life information for international students, including links concerning facilities, student organizations, activities, apartments, medical guidance, and charges. International students should use those pages and their admission documents because housing arrangements and administrative requirements may differ from those for domestic students. The university’s 2025 accommodation update reported maintenance, cleaning, water-system checks, air-conditioning replacement, and fire-alarm installation before the autumn intake. These reports demonstrate active residential operations but do not guarantee a particular room type or amenity for an individual student.

Location & Surroundings

Nantong University is in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, near the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The main Seyuan campus address used by the undergraduate and graduate admissions offices is 9 Seyuan Road in Chongchuan District. Because the university operates several campuses, applicants should verify the teaching and residential location for their particular program before estimating travel times or choosing off-campus housing. The university characterizes Nantong’s climate as humid and subtropical, with four distinct seasons, hot and rainy summer conditions, and a plum-rain period commonly occurring from June into July. Students arriving from drier regions should prepare for seasonal humidity and rainfall. Official travel guidance describes connections from Nantong Xingdong Airport, Nantong Railway Station, and Nantong East Bus Station to Seyuan campus by bus or taxi. It also describes intercity access from Shanghai and Nanjing, although the published schedules, journey times, and fares may be outdated and should be checked with current transport operators. The location offers access to the wider Yangtze River Delta while providing a study base outside central Shanghai.

Costs & Career Outcomes

The clearest current cost information located is for the 2026 master’s intake. Annual tuition was CNY 8,000 for full-time academic master’s degrees and CNY 10,000 for most full-time professional master’s degrees. The published exceptions were CNY 16,000 for arts master’s programs and CNY 22,000 for accounting. Listed part-time annual rates were CNY 23,000 for public administration, CNY 60,000 for the MBA, and CNY 25,000 for engineering management. Full-time master’s accommodation was generally estimated at CNY 800–1,200 per year, depending on campus and room arrangements. These figures apply only to the university’s 2026 master’s rules and should not be generalized to undergraduate, doctoral, or international programs. The same rules describe national scholarships, national grants, academic scholarships, externally funded awards, hardship support, and graduate assistant positions. Eligibility and amounts are governed by separate policies. Part-time master’s students are explicitly excluded from university graduate awards and accommodation. No sufficiently detailed official 2026 undergraduate or international tuition schedule was verified during this research. Those applicants should request the program-specific fee notice and budget separately for housing, insurance, residence formalities, books, transport, food, and personal expenses. The university’s overview reports an average annual employment rate above 95 percent, but it does not provide a cohort definition, survey methodology, occupation breakdown, or salary data. Prospective students should therefore use school-level placement reports, professional accreditation, internship access, and employer or licensing requirements when evaluating career outcomes. Career support is included among the services described in the university’s student-community system.