NANJING UNIVERSITY, GULOU CAMPUS (THE FORMER UNIVERSITY OF NANKING CAMPUS) · NANJING DAXUE GULOU XIAOQU
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VERIFIED2026.09.24Gulou, Yihe Road and Xinjiekou · 32.057°N 118.774°E
FreeReservation required
The old campus of the missionary-founded University of Nanking, now Nanjing University's Gulou campus, sitting between Hankou Road and Guangzhou Road in the middle of the district. Its landmark is the Northern Building - Beidalou - a grey brick tower with a clock face and a climbing curtain of ivy that turns red in November, and the reason most Chinese visitors queue for a campus pass. Two more things on these grounds matter to a foreign reader: the John Rabe House stands on the Guangzhou Road side, and the Pearl S.
EntranceOpen-day visitors are directed to the Hankou Road main gate of the north campus. The campus security office lists the Gulou campus address as 9 Hankou Road, so both numbers appear on university pages
Last verified 2026-09-24
How to book
Open-day slots are booked through the university's own visitor page, reached from either the Nanjing University or the Nanjing University Information Portal WeChat official account; entry is by QR code at the gateVerifiedSource ↗
ID details
Real-name booking; passport handling is unconfirmed. Whether a foreign passport can be used is not published anywhere by the university - assume you need to ask
Paying on site
Nothing to buy; the constraint is the booking, not money
Language
No English visitor information is published for campus visits