Formerly known as the Nanjing Finance and Trade College founded in 1983, Nanjing Audit University (NAU) has been renowned as the only financial and economical institute of higher education in China that carries “audit” in its name since 1987. NAU came under the direct supervision of China National Audit Office In 1991 and the joint supervision of Jiangsu Provincial Administration and CNAO in 2000. NAU started to offer undergraduate programs in 1993. In 2002, the new Nanjing Audit University was established after the merger of the former NAU and Nanjing Higher Finance College.