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                                                                EXHIBIT 10.10(A)

                             NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST

                   RENEWAL OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT


This Agreement made this 22nd day of May, 1999 by and between Nuveen Investment
Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the "Fund"), and Nuveen Institutional
Advisory Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Adviser");

WHEREAS, the parties hereto are the contracting parties under that certain
Management Agreement (the "Agreement") pursuant to which the Adviser furnishes
investment advisory and management services and certain other services to the
Fund; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees, at a meeting called for the purpose of reviewing
the Agreement, have approved the Agreement and its continuance until August 1,
2000 in the manner required by the Investment Company Act of 1940.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in the
Agreement, the parties hereto do hereby approve the continuance of the Agreement
in effect until August 1, 2000 and do ratify and confirm the Agreement in all
respects.


                                                 NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST


                                                 By:
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                                                       Vice President
ATTEST:


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         Assistant Secretary
                                                 NUVEEN INSTITUTIONAL
                                                 ADVISORY CORP.


                                                 By:
                                                    ----------------------------
                                                       Vice President
ATTEST:


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         Assistant Secretary