Study in NBU Ningbo University is a dynamic, young and comprehensive university rising along with Chinas reform and opening up to the world. It is a public university with support from overseas Ningboese. In 1986, the university was founded with generous donation from Sir Yue-kong Pao, an overseas compatriot of Ningbo origin and a global tycoon in shipping. Deng Xiaoping autographed the name of Ningbo University. At its early stage of development, the university gained great assistance from such renowned universities in China as Zhejiang University, Fudan University, University of Science and Technology of China, Peking University and Hangzhou University. In 1996, a new Ningbo university was established on the basis of the amalgamation of the three former individual institutes, namely, Ningbo University, Ningbo Teachers College and Zhejiang Aquatic College (Ningbo campus).

Ningbo University has five campuses, Located in the Higher Education (North) zone, the main campus of NBU covers an area of over 180 hectares, with a floor space totaling 780,000 square meters. The university supplies a complete set of facilities and services for teaching and research. Its libraries now have a CNKI Network Administrative Service Center, and a collection of approximately 2,500,000 books. In addition, it has 8 well-equipped attached hospitals.

With a wide range of disciplines: economics, law, education, liberal arts, history, science, engineering, agronomy, medicine and management, the university consists of 19 faculties and colleges, offering 3 doctoral programs, 62 master programs and 71 bachelor programs.

In 1992, Ningbo University was approved the first priority in recruitment of top-layer students. In 2000, it was listed as a key institute of higher education in Zhejiang Province. In 2003, it was awarded "Excellence" by the MOE after strict evaluation. In 2005, it numbered more than 50 master programs. In 2006, it won a second prize of National Scientific Progress Award, a first prize of Science Award granted by MOE, and 2 State Key Courses. In 2007, the university was authorized to recruit doctoral applicants in Engineering Mechanics, Telecommunication and Information System, and Aquaculture.
Ningbo University has been attaching great attention to the development of international cooperation and exchanges. Up to now, the university has maintained close links and intercollegiate cooperation with 73 well-known institution of higher learning in Canada,Germany, France, Britain, USA, Sweden, Japan, South Korea and Australia.
Ningbo University was qualified by MOE to recruit international students sponsored by government scholarships. It offers a variety of education programs for foreign students, ranging from short-term Chinese language training to Undergraduate and Postgraduate study. Till now, Over 1,200 international students from about 50 countries and areas have benefited from these well-designed programs.