The School of Economics and Management of Nantong Universitywas established in January 2019 in combination with the former School of Business and School of Management of NantongUniversity.

The School now has 9 departments, including Department of International Economy and Trade, Department of Business Administration, Department of Accounting, Department of Logistics Management, Department of Electronic Commerce and Marketing, Department of Administrative Management, Department of Public Utilities Management, Department of Information Management and Department of Social Work and one Teaching and Research Department of Medical Law. At present, there are 10 undergraduate majors of International Economy and Trade, Economy and Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Law, Human Resources Management, Logistics Management, Administrative Management, Information Management and Information System, Social Work and 1 two-way exchange program between Chinese and American college students in Accounting and 1 undergraduate major of International Economy and Trade for international students. It covers three disciplines of Economics, Management and Law. Among them, “Business Administration” and “Public Management” are the key disciplines at the University level. It has academic master degree for “Applied Economics”, “Public Administration” in the first-class discipline and professional master degree for “International Business”. The research institutes include “Internet + Innovation Economy Research Institute”, “Financial and Performance Evaluation Institute”, “Rural Development Research Institute”, “Local Public Policy Research Institute”, “Coastal Riverside Development Strategy Research Institute along the Yangtze River” etc. Jiangsu Yangtze River Economic Belt Research Institute (Jiangsu Coastal Riverside Development Research Institute) is the first batch of key think tanks in Jiangsu   Province.

There are 156 faculty members and 127 full-time teachers. Among the full-time teachers, there are 65 teachers with doctoral degree. There are 17 professors, accounting for 13.4%; 63 associate professors, accounting for 49.6%. More than 30 teachers havebeen to universities for researches and studies in the United  States, Britain, Germany, France, Japan and Australia, forming a team of teachers with reasonable structure, strong strength, vigor and teamwork spirit. There are 2943 full-time undergraduates, 25 postgraduates, 65 international students and nearly 1100 students of all kinds of continuing education.

The School has strong scientific research ability. In recent years, it has successively undertaken 19 projects of National Social Science Fund of China and National Natural Science Foundation of China, 46 projects of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fund of the Ministry of Jiangsu Province’s Education and Philosophy and Social Science Planning Fund, more than 150 scientific research projects at or above the municipal level. The School has advanced teaching aids facilities, forming a talent training characteristics of “solid foundation, wide caliber, strong innovation”. In cooperation with Kingdee International Software Group Co., Ltd. and Inspur Group Co., Ltd., we have established a modern business experiment center with eight laboratories i.e. “Financial Decision Laboratory”, “Trade and Finance Laboratory”, “Electronic Commerce Laboratory”, “Virtual Simulation Laboratory”, “Logistics Management Training Room”, “E-Government Laboratory”, “Social Work Laboratory” and “Moot Court”. It has more than 40 bases for teaching practice and entrepreneurship and employment, which provide good conditions for the cultivation of students’ practical ability and employment.