Jiangsu University of Science and Technology

Jiangsu University of Science and Technology is located in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, a national historical and cultural city with beautiful scenery. It is a general higher education institution with engineering as the main subject and distinctive characteristics, and has a complete education system for training bachelors, masters and doctors. It is a key university in Jiangsu Province, an excellent school for the undergraduate teaching level evaluation of the Ministry of Education, and a university in the Ministry of Education's Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program.

Jiangsu University of Science and Technology is located in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, a national historical and cultural city with beautiful scenery. It is a general higher education institution with engineering as the main subject and distinctive characteristics. It is a high-level university construction university in Jiangsu, an excellent school for the undergraduate teaching level evaluation of the Ministry of Education, and a university in the Ministry of Education's Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program.

The school has a long history of running schools, with multiple sources and profound cultural heritage. The school originated from Shanghai Dagong Vocational School in 1933. In 1953, Shanghai Shipbuilding Industry School was established, the first secondary specialized shipbuilding school in New China. It moved to Zhenjiang in 1970, was renamed Zhenjiang Shipbuilding Industry School in 1971, upgraded to undergraduate and renamed Zhenjiang Shipbuilding College in 1978, and renamed East China Shipbuilding Institute in 1993. In 1999, the school was transferred from the former China State Shipbuilding Corporation to the management of Jiangsu Province. In 1999, Jiangsu Jianghai Trade School was merged, and in 2000, the Sericulture Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences merged with the school. In 2004, the school was renamed Jiangsu University of Science and Technology. The school is a university jointly established by the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government and the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and a university jointly established by the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government and China Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd. The school began to recruit and train undergraduates in 1978, obtained the right to confer master's degrees in 1993, and obtained the right to confer doctoral degrees in 2008. The school has more than 20,000 undergraduate students, more than 4,700 doctoral and master's students, and more than 600 undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree students. There is also Jiangsu University of Science and Technology Suzhou Institute of Technology, with more than 7,800 students. There are currently two campuses in Zhenjiang Changshan and Mengxi, a Zhangjiagang campus and a Shanghai office, covering an area of ​​3,979 acres.

As the only industry-specific university in Jiangsu Province that mainly serves the shipbuilding and marine engineering equipment industry, the school is one of the universities in the country with the most complete shipbuilding industry-related disciplines and majors, and has the advantages of shipbuilding characteristics, integrity and application. The comprehensive strength of the school ranks 120th among mainland Chinese universities in the third-party evaluation agency USNews 2022 World University Comprehensive Ranking. There are currently 3 postdoctoral research mobile stations, 5 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 25 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points, 14 master's professional degree awarding categories, and 66 undergraduate majors. Three disciplines, namely engineering, materials science and chemistry, are in the top 1% of the ESI global discipline rankings, and 10 disciplines are selected in the "2021 Soft Science China Best Discipline Ranking". There are currently 5 national defense specialty disciplines, 3 Jiangsu provincial college advantage disciplines, and 5 Jiangsu provincial "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" first-level discipline key cultivation disciplines; 3 pilot majors of the Ministry of Education's "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program", 12 national first-class undergraduate professional construction sites, and 6 provincial first-class undergraduate professional construction sites.

The school attaches importance to the construction of the faculty team, and deeply promotes the talent-strengthening school strategy to provide strong human resources guarantee for the school's reform, construction and development. There are more than 2,290 faculty and staff, including more than 1,570 full-time teachers. There are more than 240 people with senior professional titles, more than 750 people with associate senior professional titles, and more than 1,020 doctors. There are 5 dual-appointed and specially-appointed academicians, more than 170 national, provincial and ministerial high-level talents; there are 14 provincial college "Qinglan Project" teams, excellent scientific and technological innovation teams, excellent innovation teams in philosophy and social sciences, and provincial "Six Talent Peaks" innovation talent teams.

The school has complete teaching, scientific research equipment and research platforms, 15 national, provincial and ministerial experimental teaching demonstration centers, 11 national, provincial and ministerial key laboratories and engineering laboratories, 22 national, provincial and ministerial research centers, 1 Jiangsu Provincial Key Industry College Construction Site, 1 Jiangsu Provincial College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practice Education Center, 1 Jiangsu Provincial College Philosophy and Social Sciences Key Research Base and 1 Jiangsu Provincial College Philosophy and Social Sciences Key Research (Construction) Base. The school sponsors publicly published academic journals such as "Journal of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (Natural Science Edition)", "Journal of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (Social Science Edition)", "Sericulture Science", "Chinese Sericulture", and "Modern Flour Industry".

The school has always taken moral education as its fundamental task, fully implemented its position as a talent training center, adhered to the principle of "taking the foundation as the foundation", promoted the "four returns", built first-class undergraduate education, and strived to cultivate innovative and applied senior professionals who are adaptable to the needs of social and industrial development, and enjoys the reputation of "the cradle of Chinese shipbuilding engineers". It has trained more than 180,000 applied and innovative talents for the shipbuilding industry, national defense construction, and economic and social development, and has produced a series of major national defense and naval modernization equipment, as well as chief builders, chief process engineers and other industry elites such as LNG ships, luxury passenger and vehicle ships, cruise ships, polar cruise ships, and scientific research ships. In recent years, the school has won 13 first and second prizes in provincial and ministerial-level higher education teaching achievement awards; 6 national first-class undergraduate courses and 31 provincial first-class undergraduate courses have been recognized; 4 "four new" construction projects of the Ministry of Education have been approved; 1 national special prize, 2 first prizes, 1 second prize, 8 third prizes in the "Challenge Cup" college students' extracurricular academic and technological works competition, and won the "Winning Cup"; in the "Challenge Cup" college students' entrepreneurship plan competition, it won 1 national gold medal, 2 silver medals, and 2 bronze medals; won 3 national gold medals, 2 silver medals, and 13 bronze medals in the China International "Internet +" College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition; the employment rate of graduates remains above 97% every year.

Based on the unique advantages of ships, oceans, and sericulture, the school continuously improves its scientific and technological innovation capabilities and fully serves the country's major strategic needs. Adhere to the national demand-driven, focus on the close integration of applied basic research, technological innovation, and the promotion and application of high-tech achievements, and actively contribute to the shipbuilding industry and economic and social development. The school won 2 special prizes, 2 second prizes and 1 second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. The research projects hosted by the school won 3 first prizes of the Ministry of Education's Outstanding Scientific Research Achievements Award for Higher Education Institutions, 1 first prize of the Jiangsu Science and Technology Award, and 1 silver prize of the China Patent Award. It won 1 first prize of the Jiangsu Province Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award. The school took the lead in hosting 3 national key R&D plan projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 1 advanced manufacturing cluster project of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, 2 high-tech ship scientific research projects of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and was approved for 1 characteristic discipline condition construction project of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission. The "Integrated Control and Key Equipment Support System and Application for Large Dredgers" completed by the school has completely replaced foreign imports. The school has participated in the research and development of ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling platforms, "Jiaolong" manned submersibles, "Struggler" full-sea manned submersibles, dynamic positioning and tracking systems for dredgers, luxury cruise ships, large container ships and other equipment. The digital design and manufacturing systems, high-efficiency welding equipment, and ship enterprise management software developed by the school are widely used in major ship companies. The ship logistics integrated support system is leading in China, and the diesel engines for lifeboats account for nearly 60% of the global market. The school's Sericulture Research Institute is the only national sericulture research institution in my country. It is the world's sericulture germplasm resource preservation and research center, sericulture technology research center, and sericulture international cooperation and exchange center. The school has developed and provided major sericulture varieties and mulberry planting and silkworm breeding technologies in China and even the world, and has won 17 national awards. During President Xi Jinping's visit to Cuba, the mulberry seeds presented to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro came from the school.

The school has always attached great importance to exchanges and cooperation with domestic and foreign countries, adhered to internationalization and openness, and continuously expanded the way of running schools. The school took the lead in establishing the China Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering Industry Intellectual Property Alliance and the Jiangsu Shipbuilding and Ocean University Collaborative Development Alliance, and has established comprehensive cooperative relations with the Political Department of the Navy, China Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd., the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu Provincial Grain Bureau and other units; the school has an overseas education college and actively carries out scientific research and school cooperation with Australia, Russia, Ukraine, the United States, Britain, France, India, Japan and other countries. The Sino-Ukrainian and Sino-Australian cooperative education projects are high-level demonstration construction projects for Sino-foreign cooperative education in Jiangsu universities. It has established long-term cooperative relations with a number of well-known companies such as Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd., Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Dalian Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Kunming Ship Equipment Group Co., Ltd., and China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. The China Shipbuilding Industry Engineer Continuing Education College is located in the school.

The school has been rated as a civilized unit in Jiangsu Province and a civilized campus in Jiangsu Province for many consecutive years. It has successively won the titles of Excellent Unit for School Spirit Construction in Jiangsu Colleges and Universities, Civilized Schools in Jiangsu Province, Safe and Civilized Campus in Jiangsu Province, Garden-style Units in Jiangsu Province, Harmonious Campuses in Jiangsu Colleges and Universities, Advanced Collectives of Ideological and Political Education in Jiangsu Colleges and Universities, Advanced Units of Science and Technology Innovation in Jiangsu Province, Advanced Collectives of Employment of Graduates in Jiangsu Colleges and Universities, Advanced Units of Summer Social Practice Activities for College Students in China, Excellent Colleges and Universities in Implementing the "Regulations on School Sports Work" in China, National Model Workers' Home, National National Defense Education Characteristic School, and National May Fourth Red Flag Youth League Committee.

In the long history of running schools, the school has always been breathing with the times and sharing the fate with the nation. It adheres to the school-running philosophy of "education-oriented, responsibility first, fairness first, and academic as the soul", adhering to the school motto of "diligence in learning, morality, and practical application", vigorously promoting the "ship soul" spirit of "river and sea mind, sharing the same boat, and sailing far", and taking the service of the national marine power strategy, the "Belt and Road" construction and social progress as its own responsibility, it has made positive contributions to the development of my country's shipbuilding industry and the modernization of national defense. Looking into the future, the university will continue to adhere to the "teacher-student-centered" approach, take the path of integrated development with the industry and the region, strive to achieve first-class undergraduate teaching, first-class advantageous disciplines, and advanced applied technology, and strive to become one of the most important talent training bases, scientific and technological innovation platforms, and academic exchange centers in China's shipbuilding industry, and comprehensively create a new situation in the construction of a "domestic first-class shipbuilding university". (Note: The deadline for updating the main data is November 2021)