Institute of Sports Science, Nantong University has 1 master’s degree awarding point of the first level discipline Theory of Sports Pedagogy, 2 undergraduate programs of physical education and social sports, 3 high-level sports teams of track and field, fencing and table tennis. Student enrollment of physical education program began in 1985 and has been Characteristic Specialty of Jiangsu Province and Brand Specialty of Nantong University. Science of Physical Culture and Sports is also the key Academic Discipline of Nantong University.

Our college has awarded five honorary titles like Advanced Unit of Sports Work by Education Department of Jiangsu Province and won 1 first prize and 3 second prizes of teaching achievement award of Jiangsu Province. It also has 1 province-level excellent course, 1 province-level excellent lecture and 1 province-level excellent lecture.

In the recent 10 years, the teachers in our college have host more than 130 research projects above municipal or department level, including 7 National Fund for Philosophy and Social Science Projects, 25 provincial or ministerial level projects, 1 World Bank Fund Project, 1 Key Planning Project of Central Institute of Education Science and 1 international cooperation project. They have published over 800 articles, of which 370 in core journals and 10 in the super journal CHINA SPORT SCIENCE and 24 monographs. What’s more, they won 11 provincial or ministerial level prizes and 6 provincial or ministerial level prizes of philosophy and social science achievements totally.

In 2010, our college was approved by Education Department to recruit high-level athletes of track and field and fencing, having been training a batch of high-level athletes and then was qualified to recruit high-level athletes of table tennis in 2018. Xue Juan, an outstanding track and field athlete, has broken the record for Young Woman Javelin. She was chosen in the Chinese delegation to participate in the 28th Athens Olympic Games and the 29th session of Beijing Olympic Games. She was a woman javelin runner-up of Guangzhou Asia Games and won the 6th place of woman javelin in World University Games. And she also won several championship of woman javelin in National University Students’ Games. Wu Yibing, another remarkable track and field athlete, won championship of Division A of men's javelin in the 17th National collegiate athletic championships in 2017.

The excellent fencers Sun Wei and Qian Jiarui have been chosen in national team. Sun Wei attended Fencing World Cup and won the second place of men’s team sabre competition in Madrid, Spain. And he won the third place of men’s individual sabre and men’s team sabre respectively in the 17th Incheon Asian Games, as well as individual runners-up and group third of men’s sabre in the 13th National Games.

Qian Jiarui also won the second place of the women’s team Sabre in the 17th Incheon Asian Games and championship of women’s Sabre team in the 13th National Games. Besides, our fencing team have attended the National Fencing championships from 2011 to 2017 and won32 gold medals, 27 silver medals and 36 copper medals, with a team score ranking within the top three.