南京审计大学是我国唯一一所以“审计”命名的全日制普通高校，为我国审计高等教育发源地之一，因审而立、为审而存、依审而兴、靠审而强。学校创建于1983年，办学历史可追溯至1951年。1987年更名为南京审计学院，2002年南京金融高等专科学校并入，2011年成为教育部、财政部、审计署与江苏省人民政府“三部一省”共建高校，2013年成为硕士学位授予单位，2015年经教育部批准更为现名， 2021年获批博士学位授予单位，2022年入选江苏高水平大学建设高峰计划建设高校。2023年7月4日中共中央总书记、国家主席习近平给我校审计专业硕士国际班的留学生回信。

Nanjing Audit University (NAU) is the only full-time regular university in China named after “Audit” and one of the birthplaces of higher education in the field of auditing in China. It was established because of audit, exists for audit, thrives by audit and becomes strong through audit.

Founded in 1983, Nanjing Audit University (NAU) achieved a significant milestone in 2011 by becoming a university co-established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, the National Audit Office, and the People's Government of Jiangsu Province. It adopted its current name in 2015 and was designated as a doctoral degree-granting institution in 2021. In July 2023, President Xi Jinping replied to the international students of the Master of Auditing program at NAU.