Introduce Jiangnan University

Jiangnan University is located in Wuxi, a famous Jiangnan city on the coast of Taihu Lake. It is a key construction university under the national "2 1 1 Project" directly under the Ministry of Education.

Jiangnan University, which enjoys the reputation of "Pearl of Light Industry Higher Education", has a long history and profound cultural background. Central University (now Nanjing University) developed on the basis of Sanjiang Normal School founded by 1902 is the predecessor of Jiangnan University. 1952, when the departments of colleges and universities in China were adjusted, the departments of food industry of Nanjing University, agricultural chemistry of Zhejiang University and food industry of Jiangnan University merged with relevant departments of Fudan University and Wuhan University to form the department of food industry of Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University). 1958, the whole department moved eastward to Wuxi and established Wuxi Institute of Light Industry. 1995 was renamed Wuxi Institute of Light Industry, and 1998 was transferred from China Light Industry Federation to the Ministry of Education. 200 1 1 With the approval of the Ministry of Education, Wuxi University of Light Industry, Jiangnan College and Wuxi Institute of Education merged to form Jiangnan University. After more than 40 years of construction and development, Jiangnan University has become a multidisciplinary university with reasonable scale and structure, excellent teaching quality, remarkable school-running benefits, social recognition for scientific research, teaching and service, and a certain reputation at home and abroad.

The school disciplines involve nine categories, such as economics, law, teaching, literature, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine and management. There are 18 colleges (departments), ***60 undergraduate majors, full-time undergraduates18,900, and 654,300 students in continuing education (including characteristic self-taught exams) and online education. The school also has the Institute of International Education, the Chinese-foreign cooperative Lemton College approved by the Ministry of Education, and the Taihu College of Jiangnan University, which cooperates with social forces.

The school has 2 postdoctoral mobile stations and 10 doctoral programs in light industry technology and engineering, food science and engineering, covering 16 second-class doctoral programs and 39 master programs in fermentation engineering. At present, there are more than 2,500 graduate students and doctoral students. The school has four national and provincial key disciplines, and has the "National Life Science and Technology Talent Training Base" approved by the Ministry of Education and the State Planning Commission to train high-level talents with postgraduate and doctoral degrees. The school has 10 national, provincial and ministerial research centers and laboratories such as "National Engineering Research Center for Fermentation Technology" approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the State Planning Commission. Two national key disciplines, such as food science and fermentation engineering, have unique advantages and strong strength, and have a leading position and certain influence in the world.

The school has a strong faculty, with full-time teachers 1.548, including 3 academicians of China Academy of Engineering (2 double-hired academicians), 84 professors 1.84 associate professors. The academic leadership team consisting of more than 300 doctoral tutors and master tutors has laid a solid foundation for scientific and technological innovation and high-level personnel training.

As one of the cradles and supporting units of light industry, food and biotechnology in China, during the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, the school undertook and completed a large number of national key scientific and technological projects and provincial and ministerial applied basic research projects, such as the National 973 Project, the National Tenth Five-Year Plan Project, the National 863 Project, the Natural Science Foundation Project, the Agricultural Achievements Transformation Fund Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Tenth Five-Year Plan of Jiangsu Province. More than 200 research achievements have passed the appraisal or acceptance, of which more than 80 achievements have filled the domestic gap and reached the international advanced level, and more than 40 scientific research achievements have won national and provincial scientific and technological progress awards, as well as a large number of municipal awards. In 2004, the school approved 97 vertical research projects and more than 270 horizontal research projects; Identification or acceptance of 86 scientific and technological achievements, of which more than 30% have reached the international leading or advanced level; * * * Published more than 2,700 papers of various kinds, published more than 30 monographs 143 papers, and143 papers were included in the three international searches; He won 8 scientific and technological achievement awards at or above the provincial level, of which 1 scientific research achievement won the first prize of scientific and technological progress in Jiangsu Province; In the whole year, 386 patents were applied, and the number of patent applications by universities ranked seventh in China, with Jiangsu Province 1. In the first half of 2005, the number of patent applications increased further, with * * * applying for patents 199, ranking fifth among universities in China. Projects undertaken in humanities and social sciences have greatly improved both in level and funds.

The school attaches importance to facing the main battlefield of economic construction, speeding up scientific and technological innovation and promoting the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements. Actively participate in the national western development and the economic construction along the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, and give full play to the scientific and technological advantages of the school in light industry, food, textile, environment, chemical industry, biomedicine and so on. , closely combined with social needs, and enterprises in scientific research and development, technical services, personnel training and other aspects to carry out all-round cooperation. To promote technological transformation and product upgrading of enterprises and make contributions to national economic and social development. The provincial university science park established by joint venture with the local government has become an important incubation base for high-tech research projects. The school has also set up a board of directors with the participation of Haier Group, Maotai Liquor Group, Tsingtao Brewery Group, Beijing Yanjing Beer Group, Shaoxing Yellow Wine Group, Jiangsu Little Swan Group, etc. 100, focusing on the relationship between the school and enterprises and society, promoting the integration of Industry-University-Research and serving all aspects of society. Each college (department) has a secondary board of directors, with more than 400 enterprises and institutions participating. School-enterprise cooperation has achieved fruitful results. China Telecom, Dennis (China) Co., Ltd., Kerry Cereals and Oils (Shenzhen) Commercial Development Co., Ltd., Donghai Cereals and Oils Industry (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd., National Starch Shanghai Chemical Co., Ltd., Seagate Electronics, Suntory (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Tsingtao Brewery Group, Chongqing Beer Group, Jienengke Bioengineering Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Tianci High-tech Materials Technology Co., Ltd., International Specialty.

The school has frequent exchanges and cooperation with teaching and scientific research at home and abroad, and is the first batch of universities approved by the Ministry of Education to receive 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, with more than 340 undergraduate, master and doctoral students. At the same time, the inter-school cooperation projects with foreign universities are progressing smoothly, and there are 17 inter-school cooperation and exchange projects being implemented. Among them, the "2+2" credit mutual recognition project with Monash University in Australia and the "2+2+ 1" cooperation project with the University of the West of England in the United Kingdom are welcomed by students. The school has established close intercollegiate exchange relations with 44 universities in more than 20 countries and regions, and carried out scientific research cooperation with universities and institutions in nearly 20 countries such as the United States, Canada and Japan. The school has hired more than 50 famous foreign scholars and professors as honorary professors or visiting professors, held international and bilateral academic exchange activities every year, and gradually became an international exchange center in the fields of textiles, food and art design.

The school always adheres to the direction of running a socialist school, adheres to the principle of educating people, and regards cultivating high-quality talents for economic construction and social development as the fundamental task of the school. The school's philosophy is: "to highlight the characteristics of light industry, pay attention to the national economy and people's livelihood, expand the field of disciplines, and promote the integration of arts and sciences." After years of hard work, the school has initially formed a talent training system and a teaching quality guarantee system, paying attention to the close combination of talent training and market demand, and focusing on cultivating specialized talents with solid foundation, wide knowledge, strong practical ability, high comprehensive quality and urgent economic and social needs. In undergraduate teaching, we should implement undergraduate general education plus characteristic education; Promote diversified talent training methods, and cultivate compound talents through minor, second major and second degree; Let students participate in scientific research activities at an early stage, feel and understand the process of knowledge generation and development from scientific research practice, and cultivate students' scientific literacy, scientific spirit and innovation ability. The school attaches great importance to the construction of spiritual civilization on campus. The annual Jiangnan Spring Culture and Art Festival, Science and Technology Festival, Golden Autumn Sports Festival and other activities are splendid, and the summer social practice and campus cultural life are rich and colorful. In national competitions such as college students' mathematical modeling competition, mathematical competition, electronic production competition, robot competition and art design competition, students win grand prizes every year. Since its establishment, the school has sent tens of thousands of graduates to the country, and many graduates have become scientific and technological elites and leading backbones on all fronts. The school is "2003-2004 Jiangsu Civilized School".

The school library has a collection of 6.5438+0.7 million books, 85,600 e-books, and more than 365,438+0.000 Chinese and foreign periodicals, and is equipped with the sci-tech novelty retrieval workstation of the Ministry of Education. The school edited and published Journal of Jiangnan University (Natural Science Edition), Journal of Jiangnan University (Humanities and Social Sciences Edition), Food and Biotechnology, Cold Drink and Frozen Food Industry, Battery Industry, etc., which were publicly distributed at home and abroad.

With the full support of the Ministry of Education and the provincial and municipal governments, the construction of the new campus of the school has begun to take shape. The new campus is located in Lihu New Town, Wuxi, on the shore of Taihu Lake, covering an area of 3 1.20 mu. The first phase of the project has completed a construction area of 360,000 square meters. The design concept of the new campus is "Qushui Ecological Campus", which integrates the architectural style of Jiangnan with blue tiles and white walls with the multi-level garden space of streams, Woods and lawns, showing green, water town and cultural charm. Modern campus with advanced facilities, complete functions and beautiful environment provides good conditions for students to study and research.

Learning to be excellent is to be an official, and stop at the best. The profound humanistic tradition and Zhong Lingxiu's beautiful Jiangnan landscape have created the innovative spirit of Jiangnan University. Entering the new century, the school has ushered in a good opportunity for reform and development. The second phase of the national "2 1 1 project" will focus on the construction and development of six disciplines with obvious advantages, such as industrial biotechnology, food science engineering and safety, industrial design innovation system, modern processing technology of fiber products, management and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and light industry process information science and engineering, so as to further enhance the dominant position of the school in the fields of textiles and food.

A hundred years later, Genesis was brilliant. The development goal of Jiangnan University is to build it into a research university with distinctive features, advanced level and great influence at home and abroad after five to ten years' efforts. By constantly developing its characteristics, improving its level, seeking development and strengthening its strength, we will strive to build the school into a comprehensive research university with first-class influence at home and abroad and several disciplines reaching the international advanced level by the middle of this century.