Second, a brief introduction to Jiangnan University
Jiangnan University is a university directly under the Ministry of Education, a national "2 1 1 project" key construction university and a first-class discipline construction university. The school has a long history and rich cultural accumulation, which originated from Sanjiang Normal School founded by 1902 and experienced the development period of National Central University and Nanjing University. From 65438 to 0958, the Department of Food Industry of Nanjing Institute of Technology moved eastward to Wuxi and established Wuxi Institute of Light Industry. 1995 was renamed Wuxi university of light industry; 200 1 Wuxi University of Light Industry, Jiangnan College and Wuxi Institute of Education merged to form Jiangnan University; In 2003, Donghua University Wuxi Campus was merged into Jiangnan University.
The school adheres to and fully implements the educational policy of the party and the state, and carries out independent school running and modern university system construction in accordance with the Constitution of Jiangnan University. The motto of the school is "keep learning and stop at perfection", "highlight the characteristics of light industry and serve the national economy and people's livelihood; With the school-running philosophy of "innovating the training mode and cultivating the backbone of the industry" and the strategic goal of "building a research university with distinctive characteristics", we have deepened the reform of education and teaching, continuously improved the level of running a school, made great progress in personnel training, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance and innovation, international exchanges and cooperation, and gradually built a school with reasonable scale structure, coordinated development of disciplines, excellent teaching quality, remarkable school-running benefits, high social reputation and great domestic influence.
The school adheres to the discipline construction concept of "selecting the best" and establishes a good discipline ecological environment. There are 18 colleges (departments), including: food college, bioengineering college, textile and garment college, chemistry and materials engineering college, internet of things engineering college, environment and civil engineering college, business college, science college, mechanical engineering college, design college, pharmacy college, medical college, Marxism college, humanities college, foreign languages college, law school, digital media college and sports department. It covers science, engineering, medicine, literature, law, economics, management, teaching, arts and other disciplines 10. There are 6 postdoctoral mobile stations, including 7 first-class disciplines authorized by doctoral degree, 28 first-class disciplines authorized by master degree and 6 categories authorized by master degree, including food science and engineering, light industry technology and engineering, textile science and engineering, control science and engineering, and chemistry. Light industry technology and engineering, food science and engineering were selected into the list of "double first-class" construction disciplines; Food science and engineering is a national first-class key discipline 1 discipline, and there are 5 second-class key disciplines; It has established three dominant disciplines in Jiangsu universities, namely, food science and engineering, light industry technology and engineering, control science and engineering, Jiangsu eco-textile technology and engineering 1 key sequence discipline, and Jiangsu chemical engineering and technology, design science and computer science and technology in the 13th Five-Year Plan.
The school adheres to the strategy of strengthening the school with talents and has built a team of high-quality professional teachers with noble morality, exquisite business, reasonable structure and full of vitality. There are 324 faculty members1person, including full-time teachers 1.972 (including graduate tutors 1.075), 65.5% of full-time teachers have senior titles, 65.4% have doctoral degrees, and 39.2% have more than one year of overseas study experience. The school has 2 academicians of China Academy of Engineering, 0/5 selected by the Central Organization Department, 0/4 selected by the Ministry of Education, 0/9 selected by the * Award Program Professor, 0/5 selected by the National Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and 0/5 selected by the National Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and the chief scientist of the "973 Project". 4 provincial innovation teams1team.
The school adheres to the fundamental task of moral education and vigorously cultivates high-quality innovative professionals. In 2006, the school passed the undergraduate teaching level evaluation of the Ministry of Education with "excellent" results, and passed the examination and evaluation of the Ministry of Education in 20 15. In 20 18, 48 undergraduate majors (categories) were enrolled, including 20,403 undergraduates, 8,464 doctoral students and 285 international students. There are 4 national comprehensive reform pilot specialties, and 5 characteristic specialty construction points/kloc-0; Education and Training Program for Outstanding Engineers and Outstanding Agricultural and Forestry Talents of the Ministry of Education 10; There are 5 national innovation experimental zones (including national life science and technology talent training bases), 8 engineering practice education centers and experimental teaching demonstration centers; There are 30 national excellent courses (including bilingual teaching and excellent open courses) and 56 excellent and planning textbooks; National teaching achievement award 1 1, among which the first prize 1. The school actively explores elite education under the background of popularization, establishes Shan Zhi College, and trains top-notch innovative talents. The undergraduate major of food science and engineering is the first major in Asia that has passed the international certification of the American Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFT).
The school insists on taking students as the center, improves the student guidance and service system, builds an international talent training mechanism, and creates a good campus cultural atmosphere. The employment rate of graduates is stable at over 97%, and the rate of undergraduate continuing education is nearly 30%, ranking among the top 50 universities in China. Relying on the National University Science Park of Jiangnan University, more than 300 entrepreneurial enterprises have been hatched, and the "Chuangyehui Living Room" has been selected as a national-level creative space; It was awarded the titles of "National Universities with Typical Experience in Innovation and Entrepreneurship", "National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base for Practical Education in Colleges and Universities" and "National Advanced Unit for Implementing College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Plan". Improve the assistance mechanism of "reward, assistance, diligence, loan, supplement and exemption" and explore a new mode of work-study based on talent training. The school has signed cooperation and exchange agreements with 18 1 universities and scientific research institutions in 36 countries and regions, and 27.5% of the students have overseas exchange and exchange experience; In cooperation with the University of California, Davis, we established the first Confucius Institute in the world with the theme of China's food culture. There is a national cultural quality education base for college students, and cultural exhibition halls such as school history museum, design museum, folk costume museum, Qian Shaowu Art Museum and wine science and technology museum have been selected into the first batch of national university museum education alliance; Every year, special cultural activities such as "Innovative Jiangnan" College Students' Science and Technology Innovation and Creative Entrepreneurship Cultural Festival and "Jiangnan Spring" College Students' Culture and Art Festival are held; Students participated in the closing ceremony of the Guangzhou Asian Games and other large-scale activities, and their works of art won the "Wenhua Award" from the Ministry of Culture; The school attaches great importance to the educational function of physical education and has two high-level sports teams, women's football and table tennis. Among them, the high-level women's football team won the third place in the 20 18 National College Women's Indoor Five-a-side Championship and won the 19th Jiangsu Sports Meeting. The school is an advanced unit for college students' social practice and the implementation of college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training program. He was awarded the global gold medal and silver prize in the 20 18 international genetic engineering machine competition, and the 4th China "internet plus" University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 1 gold, 1 bronze, which was the "youth creation" of China university students on 20 18.