When I was receiving consultation on volunteer applications during the college entrance examination season last year, I encountered a very interesting thing: a parent of a college entrance examination student in Jilin Province wanted his child to apply for a university in Jiangsu Province. When Hohai University was recommended to her, she was mistaken for a private university. Instead, she thought Jiangsu University was a 211 prestigious school.
Obviously, the candidate’s parents mistook Jiangsu University for a prestigious school and must have been influenced by Jilin University. As everyone knows, in the university circle, there are many provincial universities that do not have the aura of famous schools such as 985 and 211, such as Hubei University, Shanxi University, Hebei University, Henan University, etc. Of course, Jiangsu University is a strong university, both historically and now. Netizens generally expressed grievances and regrets that it was not shortlisted for the "Double First-Class" award.
The former national key university
Like most of the “double first-class” universities in Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu University originated from the Sanjiang Normal School founded in Nanjing in 1902. It is a typical “prestigious school” after?. Its specific predecessor is Nanjing Agricultural Machinery College, which was established in 1960 based on all the faculty and equipment of the agricultural machinery and automobile tractor majors of Nanjing Institute of Technology. The following year, Nanjing Agricultural and Mechanical College moved to Zhenjiang and was renamed Zhenjiang Agricultural and Mechanical College. From then on, it started its education process in Zhenjiang.
In 1978, the predecessor of Jiangsu University was identified as one of the 88 key universities in the country. This was the most important university camp identified by the country before the 985 and 211 projects. Moreover, the school is one of the first universities with the right to award doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees. In the wave of mergers of universities across the country around 2000, Jiangsu University officially came into being and merged with industry-specific colleges such as Zhenjiang Medical College and Zhenjiang Normal College, thus forming a multi-disciplinary comprehensive school-running pattern. ?
The strongest "four non-universities"
The so-called "four non-universities" refer to universities that do not have the aura of 985, 211 and "double first-class". Jiangsu University is one of the many universities in the circle. one. However, it is definitely a "double first-class" strength. Not to mention that it has clearly moved up in the comprehensive strength rankings of various universities at home and abroad, ranking around the 60th and 70th nationally. The following series of officially certified data can strongly confirm: In the past three years, it has won the first place in the education unit It has won 17 Ministry of Science and Technology Awards, ranking 9th among domestic universities. Among domestic university applicants for authorized invention patents in 2018, there were 928, ranking 15th among domestic universities and 1st among local universities. In the fourth round of subject evaluation by the Ministry of Education, agricultural engineering was rated A-, rising from fifth to third in the country. Three disciplines including food science and engineering, power engineering and engineering thermophysics, and mechanical engineering were rated B, ranking first in the country. 10-20 nationwide. According to ESI data in May 2019, engineering, chemistry, materials science, clinical medicine, agricultural science, pharmacology and toxicology ranked among the top 1 in the ESI world.
It is not difficult to see that the above results are not as good as those of many "double first-class" universities. Therefore, many netizens regard Jiangsu University as one of the popular universities to join the next round of "double first-class" universities.
Unfortunately, there are many famous schools in the province
There are many universities in a region, especially famous schools, which is happy for candidates, but it may not be a good thing for some universities. Although Jiangsu University has strong strength, it is really difficult to be top-notch in the province. After all, the province has more than ten "double first-class" universities such as Nanjing University, Southeast University, Hohai University, and Nanjing University of Technology. In 2017, four non-211 universities in the province were shortlisted for the "Double First-Class" list, but Jiangsu University was still not on the list. Moreover, in Nanjing, the provincial capital, there are a number of "four non-universities" with considerable strength and characteristics, such as Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing Medical University, and Nanjing Audit University.
In addition to the large number of prestigious schools in the province, Jiangsu University is located in Zhenjiang, a non-provincial capital city, which is also a major lagging factor in its development. Especially in terms of attracting high-quality students, the charm of big cities is still greater.
Of course, the existence value of a university cannot be determined by the aura of a famous school. There are many good universities in the university circle that do not have the aura of a famous school, such as Jiangsu University. It is the 2019 college entrance examination application season. We hope that candidates and Parents can find out more.