The college is supported by over 10 ministerial and provincial-level platforms, including the National Comprehensive Liberal Arts Experimental Teaching Center, the Information Communication Experimental Teaching Center, the Provincial-Ministerial Collaborative Innovation Center for African Studies and China-Africa Cooperation, the Ministry of Education’s Key Cultivation Base for Regional and Country Studies, the Jiangnan Culture Research Center, the Rural Revitalization Research Institute, and the Basic Education Research Institute. In addition, the college houses several specialized research institutes, such as the International Institute of Intangible Cultural Heritage Education, the Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance Teaching Base, the Song Dynasty Art Research Institute, the Cultural Creativity and Industry Research Center, the Modern Art Theory and Creation Research Institute, the Shi Guangnan Music Research Institute, and the Mogong Art Research Institute.