南京艺术学院建于1912年，是江苏省唯一的综合性高等艺术学府。学院占地约47万平方米，现有校舍面积21万平方米。当前，在校学生总数11000余人。南京艺术学院设有美术学院、音乐学院、设计学院、电影电视学院、舞蹈学院、传媒学院、流行音乐学院、人文学院、工业设计学院、文化产业学院、国际教育学院等12个二级学院，另有艺术学研究所、信息化建设管理中心、附属中专校等单位。学校设有41个本科专业、近60个专业方向，拥有艺术学门类下的全部5个一级学科（艺术学理论、音乐与舞蹈学、戏剧与影视学、美术学、设计学）的博士、硕士学位授权点、博士后科研流动站。

Established in 1912, Nanjing University of the Arts is the only comprehensive art university in Jiangsu Province.The campus covers an area of about 700 acres, while the school buildings take up an area of 300,000 square meters at present. Recently, Nanjing University of the Arts has about 11000 students. It currently consists of 12 schools, including School of Fine Arts, School of Music, School of  Design, School of Movie and Television, School of Dance, School of Media Arts and Communication, School of Popular Music, School of Humanities, School of Industrial Design, School of Cultural Industries and School of International Education. Apart from these schools, it also has Institute of Art Study, Information Technology and Management Center, the attached secondary school as well as other units. Nanjing University of the Arts has 41 undergraduate majors, nearly 60 major directions, as well as 5 doctoral degree authorization points, 6 master's degree authorization points and post-doctoral research stations in all five first-class disciplines under the category of Art (art theory, music and dance studies, drama and film studies, fine arts studies, design studies).