Jiangnan University

The Chinese character “笃” stands for diligence and loyalty, and “学” means study and learning. Therefore, “笃学” is to learn diligently and embrace moral virtues. “尚行”encourages people to put ideas into practice. Confucius advocated that people be circumspect in speech but decisive in action. Shao Yong, a renowned scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, once stated that if practice is valued, diligence will prevail. What “笃学尚行” promotes is the effective combination of theory and practice. “止于至善” originates from the ancient Chinese literary classic The Great Learning, of which the very first sentence is “what the great learning teaches, is to illustrate virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in perfection”. It asserts that continual advance towards the highest excellence is possible.

From “diligent learning” to “practice” and finally to “perfection” is progressive. “Diligent leaning” is the foundation; “practice” is the key and the method, and “to rest in perfection” is the final goal and one’s supreme state. “笃学尚行，止于至善” expresses the pursuit of truth, learning and life.

Our Mission

To serve the people through developing our distinctive strengths in light industry

To be a pillar of the industry through innovating our educating system

Our Development Policies

To pursue greater scientific and technological achievements

To provide better education and training

To render full-scale social and industrial service

To enhance school management mechanisms

To pass on and develop the Jiangnan culture

Our Strategic Objective

To build a research-oriented university with distinctive features

General Information

Jiangnan University, situated in Wuxi by beautiful Taihu Lake, is a national key “211 Project” university and is selected into “First-Class Discipline Project”, falling under the Ministry of Education.

Jiangnan University’s roots stretch back to 1902 when its predecessor, San Jiang Normal School, began its first term. In 1958, Jiangnan University began its independent existence as Wuxi Institute of Light Industry, which later merged with two other colleges in 2001, and was renamed as Jiangnan University by the Ministry of Education. The university, with the area of 208 hectares, consists of 18 schools and is the home to 3,343 staff and faculty members, 20,153 full-time undergraduates, 8,940 postgraduates and 1,285 international students.

Known as “the pearl of China ’s higher education in light industry”, Jiangnan University has launched a new journey toward the strategic objective of “building itself into a research-driven university with distinctive characteristics”, abiding by the motto of “learning and practice to perfection”.

Rankings

In the fourth round of National Discipline Assessment by the Ministry of Education, our Food Science and Technology and Light Industry Technology and Engineering was assessed at an ‘A+’ level and Design at an ‘A-’ level. According to ESI , Jiangnan University ranks No.55 in China and our 6 disciplines (agricultural science, engineering, chemistry, biology and biochemistry, material science and clinical medicine) fall within the top 1% globally and agricultural science is in 0.4‰. Jiangnan  University is placed 53 nationwide and is in the 740th position globally by the US News rankings.