Established in 1985, the Advanced Nursing Department of the Shanghai Second Medical University was renamed the School of Nursing of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The school offers Master’s Degree in nursing, and is the earliest among its peers in China to offer professional degrees and Doctoral Degree in nursing discipline. Equipped with a strong faculty team and distinctive features in its development, the school educates high-quality talent with high employability, produces abundant academic achievements, and has become a first-rate nursing school in China with international influence. The school was designated as a national level first-rate undergraduate program in 2020. The school has always regarded developing talent in nursing who pursue excellence and innovation as its fundamental mission.