It has a long history and obvious location advantages.
Jiangnan University is a national key university of science and engineering characterized by higher education in light industry. Selected as the Small 985 Project "Innovation Platform of Superior Discipline of Food Deep Processing and Safety Control". It is the earliest institute of light industry in China, with the earliest establishment, the best foundation and the widest coverage among similar disciplines in China. In 2007, it was selected as the only national key discipline in the field of food, and its discipline strength is quite strong.
National scientific research platform
The College of Food Science of Jiangnan University has several national platforms, such as the State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology (the only one in the food field) and the International Joint Research Center for Probiotics and Intestinal Health (the only one in the food field). Moreover, Jiangnan University, which is at the forefront of the world, has also taken the lead in establishing the Future Food Science Center in China, devoting itself to the interdisciplinary fields of food synthetic biology, food big data, perception science and intelligent equipment manufacturing, leading the basic research of world food science, developing subversive technologies in the food field, and boosting China into the forefront of the world food power.
A highly competitive teacher
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. 172 among the full-time teachers, there are 77 professors (researchers) and 82 associate professors (associate researchers). 98% of them have doctoral degrees, and more than 67% have studied abroad for more than one year.