Do candidates in the photography department of Nanjing Normal University have to learn painting?

No, candidates in the photography department of Nanjing Normal University don't have to study painting, they can be other majors. Nanjing Normal University, referred to as "Heather" for short, is located in Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. It is a national "world-class discipline construction university" jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Jiangsu Province, the first batch of key construction universities in the national "2 1 1 Project", and a high-level university construction university in Jiangsu Province.