Nanjing University is one of key comprehensive universities under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Education in China.As a top university,Nanjing University has a high level teaching team of 2,000 faculty.There are 716 professors and 649 associate professors , including 27 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, three members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, four members of the Third-World Academy of Sciences, 1 member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and one fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.