Introduction to Jiangnan University
Jiangnan University is located in Wuxi, a famous city in the south of the Yangtze River on the shores of Taihu Lake. It is a key university under the national "211 Project" directly under the Ministry of Education.
Jiangnan University, known as the "Pearl of Light Industry Higher Education", has a long history and profound cultural heritage. From the Sanjiang Normal School founded in 1902 to the National Central University; from the Food Industry Department of Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University) established in 1952 during the restructuring of colleges and universities across the country, to 1958 when the department was reorganized and moved east to Wuxi to establish Wuxi Light Industry College , changed its name to Wuxi University of Light Industry in 1995. In January 2001, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Wuxi University of Light Industry, Jiangnan University, and Wuxi Institute of Education merged to form Jiangnan University. After a century of ups and downs and nearly 50 years of construction and development, Jiangnan University has become a university with a reasonable scale and structure, excellent teaching quality, significant educational benefits, scientific research, teaching, and services that are recognized by the society, and has a certain reputation at home and abroad. Multidisciplinary university.
The school’s disciplines involve nine major categories including economics, law, education, literature, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, and management, 18 colleges (departments), and 60 undergraduate majors. There are currently more than 3,100 doctoral and master's students (including engineering master's students), more than 18,900 full-time undergraduate students, more than 340 international students from all over the world, and more than 15,000 continuing education (including special self-study exams) and online education students. . The school also has the School of International Education, Lambton College, which is a Sino-foreign cooperative education approved by the Ministry of Education, and Taihu College of Jiangnan University, which is a cooperative education institution with social forces. The school is a provincial civilized school and a provincial civilized unit.
The school has 2 postdoctoral mobile stations in light industry technology and engineering, food science and engineering, 2 first-level discipline doctoral authorization points, 21 doctoral professional points, 59 master's degree professional points, 8 Engineering master's degree. Fifteen of the school's 18 departments are qualified to train master's degree students. The school has 4 national and ministerial-provincial key disciplines, and has established a "National Life Science and Technology Talent Training Base" approved by the Ministry of Education and the State Planning Commission to cultivate high-level talents who can study for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. The school has 11 national, provincial and ministerial level research centers and laboratories, including the "National Engineering Research Center for Fermentation Technology" approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the State Planning Commission. Two national key disciplines, including food science and fermentation engineering, have unique advantages among similar domestic disciplines. They are strong and in a leading position and have certain influence internationally.
The school has a strong teaching staff, with 1,548 full-time teachers, including 3 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (2 dual-appointed academicians), 7 Taihu scholars, 184 professors, and teachers with professional and technical positions above associate senior level. 490 people. The academic leadership group composed of more than 350 doctoral tutors and master's tutors has laid a solid foundation for technological innovation and high-level talent cultivation.
The school is one of the cradle and supporting units of high-tech light industry, food, and biotechnology in my country. During the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period, the school undertook and completed a large number of major scientific and technological research projects and applied basic research projects at the national, provincial and ministerial levels, including the national "973" project, national major special projects, national "Tenth Five-Year Plan" research projects, More than 200 research results have been identified or accepted, including the national "863" project, the Natural Science Foundation project, the Ministry of Science and Technology's Agricultural Achievements Transformation Fund Project, and Jiangsu Province's "Tenth Five-Year Plan" research projects, among which more than 80 results have filled the domestic gap. It has reached the international advanced level. More than 70 scientific research achievements have won national, ministerial and provincial science and technology progress awards. In 2003 and 2005, it won the second prize of the National Technological Invention Award and the second prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award respectively. From 2001 to 2004, the school applied for 1,056 patents and authorized 301 patents. In 2005, the school's number of patent applications ranked fifth among universities nationwide and first among universities in Jiangsu.
The school attaches great importance to facing the main battlefield of economic construction, accelerating scientific and technological innovation, and promoting the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements.
Actively participate in the country's western development and Jiangsu Province's economic construction along the Yangtze River, give full play to the school's scientific and technological advantages in light industry, food, textiles, environment, chemical industry, biomedicine, etc., closely integrate social needs, and strive to improve scientific research and development, technical services, and talent training. Carry out comprehensive cooperation with enterprises in other aspects, promote technological transformation and product upgrading of enterprises, and contribute to national economic and social development. The provincial university science and technology park established jointly with local governments has become an important incubation base for high-tech research projects.
The school has established a board of directors joined by more than 100 enterprises and institutions such as Haier Group, Moutai Group, Tsingtao Beer Group, Beijing Yanjing Beer Group, Shaoxing Rice Wine Group, Jiangsu Little Swan Group, etc., focusing on the school and the The connection between enterprises and society promotes the combination of industry, academia and research and services for all aspects of society. Each college (department) also has a secondary board of directors attended by more than 400 enterprises and institutions. China Telecom, Danix (China) Co., Ltd., Kerry Cereals and Oils (Shenzhen) Business Development Co., Ltd., Donghai Cereals and Oils Industry (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd., National Starch Shanghai Chemical Co., Ltd., Seagate Electronics, Suntory (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Large enterprises such as Tsingtao Beer Group, Chongqing Beer Group, Genenco Bioengineering Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Tianci High-tech Materials Technology Co., Ltd., International Specialty Products (ISP) (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., Oriental Flower Cosmetics Co., Ltd. have set up various Scholarships, teaching scholarships, and the total amount of scholarships awarded each year reaches more than 8 million yuan.
The school has frequent exchanges and cooperation in teaching and scientific research at home and abroad. It is one of the first universities approved by the Ministry of Education to accept foreign students and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Since the 1960s, it has accepted and trained international students from all over the world. The school has now established close inter-school exchange relationships with 44 universities in more than 20 countries and regions, and has carried out scientific research and other cooperation with universities and institutions in nearly 20 countries including the United States, Canada, and Japan. The school has hired more than 50 famous foreign scholars and professors as honorary professors or visiting professors. It holds international and bilateral academic exchanges every year and has gradually become an international exchange center in the fields of textiles, food, art and design.
The school motto "Study diligently and practice diligently, and strive for perfection" is the code of conduct and value pursuit of teachers and students of Jiangnan University. She fully demonstrated that the school not only pays attention to the teaching of students' knowledge, but also pays attention to the cultivation of students' practical ability; it pays attention to the formation of scientific literacy and the improvement of humanistic quality; it emphasizes both truth-seeking, pragmatism and perseverance, and it also emphasizes pioneering innovation and pursuit of excellence. Excellent enterprising spirit. The school's educational philosophy is: "Highlight the characteristics of light industry; pay attention to the national economy and people's livelihood; expand subject areas; promote the integration of arts and sciences." After years of efforts, the school has formed a scientific talent training system and a teaching quality assurance system, focusing on cultivating students with a solid foundation and broad knowledge. High-quality innovative professionals who are broad-minded, strong in practical ability, high in comprehensive quality and urgently needed by the economy and society.
The school library currently has a collection of 1.7 million books, 85,600 electronic books, more than 3,100 Chinese and foreign periodicals, and a science and technology novelty search workstation of the Ministry of Education. The school has edited and published "Journal of Jiangnan University (Natural Science Edition)", "Journal of Jiangnan University (Humanities and Social Sciences Edition)", "Food and Biotechnology", "Journal of Wuxi Institute of Education", "Cold Drinks and Quick-frozen Food Industry", " "Battery Industry" and other magazines are published to the public at home and abroad.
With the full support of the Ministry of Education and the provincial and municipal governments, the school’s new campus has stood on the shores of Taihu Lake and among the mountains and rivers. The new campus covers an area of ??3,125 acres. With the design concept of "Ecological Campus·Meandering Water Bowl", it integrates the Jiangnan architectural style of green tiles and white walls with the multi-level garden space of creeks, woods, and lawns, showing green, water town, and culture. flavor. The modern campus with advanced facilities, complete functions and beautiful environment provides good conditions for students to study and research.
Entering the new century, the school has ushered in good opportunities for reform and development. The second phase of the national “211 Project” focuses on the construction and development of industrial biotechnology, food science engineering and safety, industrial design innovation systems, fiber Six subject groups with obvious advantages and characteristics, including modern processing technology of products, management and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and light industry process information science and engineering, have further enhanced the school's dominant position in the fields of light textiles, food, art design, management, etc. , so that the school's overall education level and talent training quality can be comprehensively improved.
After hundreds of years of hard work, we will create a brilliant future. During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the school will fully implement the development strategy of "building the school with quality, strengthening the school with talents, activating the school with mechanisms, and serving famous schools" to build Jiangnan University into a cradle for cultivating high-quality innovative talents and carrying out knowledge innovation. A base, a center for promoting the transformation of achievements, a window for social services, and a position for the construction of socialist spiritual civilization. A high-level university with distinctive characteristics will stand in Jiangnan, China!
Secretary of the Party Committee of Jiangnan University: President:
School address: No. 1800, Lihu Avenue, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, Postcode: 214122
Website: www.sytu.edu .cn Tel: 0510-85913660 85910799 (fax)
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