The School of International Education (SIE) of Nanjing Medical University was founded in June 2005, with altogether 16 teaching and administrative staff at present. Currently, SIE has enrolled more than 900 international students and students from Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan areas. International students are mainly from the following countries: India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Korea, Vietnam, Bahrain, Sudan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Afghanistan, United States, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Mauritius, Malaysia, Japan and Egypt. SIE now has 518 international full-time students.

The programs that SIE has offered for the international students are as follows: Clinical Medicine (Chinese-medium teaching, 5 years duration; English-medium teaching, 6 years duration) and Stomatology (Chinese-medium teaching, 5 years duration) for undergraduate programs; Stomatology, Internal Medicine (cardiovascular disease), Pediatrics, Dermatology and Venereology, Imaging and Nuclear Medicine (Image), Epidemiology and Statistics, and Gynecology for master degree programs ; and doctorate programs are Nutriology ,Pathology, etc.

SIE has developed active and extensive cooperation with foreign institutions, such as Wayne State University and Creighton University in U.S.A.; University of Manchester in the UK; University of Gothenburg and Karolinska Institute in Sweden; Western University in Canada and Queensland University of Technology in Australia. So far, SIE has sent several teachers to study in U.S.A., UK, Canada and Australia to improve their ability to teach the international students.

For ten years, the SIE has consistently placed emphasis on quality education. Through careful planning and a considered, step-by-step approach in designing its curriculum, the School has developed well and has established its own pedagogical character. The School's recent honors and awards include being selected among the first group of Jiangsu International Education Pilot Schools in 2011, being selected as a Jiangsu Province Advanced Foreign Expert Administration Group in the same year, being selected as a Jiangsu Province Advanced International Education Group in 2012, and being selected as a Jiangsu Province Advanced International Education Group again in 2014.

SIE will always adhere to the motto of 'Pursue excellent with erudition, reach perfection with morality' and is dedicated in cultivating international medical talents and striving to promote worldwide medical progress and cultural exchange among different countries and regions.