Jiangnan University is a key university directly under the Ministry of Education and under the national "2 1 1 Project". 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.
2. jiangyin polytechnic college
The powerful industrial cluster in Jiangyin gave birth to the only public university in Jiangyin-jiangyin polytechnic college. The college covers an area of 5 12 mu, with a construction area of more than 200,000 square meters, and the total value of various teaching and research instruments and equipment reaches more than 30 million yuan. There are 7 departments and 2 departments, and there is also an adult education college. Set up more than 40 majors around the local industrial structure. At present, there are nearly 8,000 students and 5 19 faculty members, including 3 18 full-time teachers, and teachers with middle and senior titles account for more than 70% of full-time teachers. The employment rate of graduates has remained above 98% year after year.
3. Wuxi Taihu College
Wuxi Taihu University is a full-time, multidisciplinary and applied undergraduate college approved by the Ministry of Education. It focuses on engineering, commerce and art, and the disciplines of engineering, commerce, art, literature, science, law and medicine develop in harmony. It is a key application-oriented undergraduate college jointly established by Jiangsu Province and Wuxi City. There are more than 20 colleges (departments) and more than 30 popular majors urgently needed by the society. The campus covers an area of more than 2,000 mu, with a building area of more than 400,000 square meters and more than 20,000 teachers and students. The scale of running a school is among the best among similar universities in China.
4. Wuxi Science and Technology Vocational College
Wuxi Vocational College of Science and Technology was established in 2003. It is an ordinary full-time higher vocational college approved by Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, sponsored by Wuxi Municipal People's Government and undertaken by Wuxi Municipal People's Government New District Management Committee. The college is located in the center of wuxi new district. There are many science parks in wuxi new district, including 45 well-known universities and research institutes, more than 200 R&D institutes and more than 2,000 scientific and technological enterprises, which provide a solid platform and broad space for the institute to promote the cooperation between the government and Industry-University-Research and improve the quality of personnel training.
5. Wuxi Commercial Vocational and Technical College
Wuxi Commercial Vocational and Technical College is a provincial public full-time ordinary college that mainly trains high-quality technical and skilled talents for modern service industry. 20 12 school is listed as a pilot project unit for the construction of modern vocational education system in Jiangsu province, and cooperates with Nanjing University of Finance and Economics and Nanjing Audit University to cultivate "3+2" applied undergraduate talents. The school has three campuses in Kowloon, Yaowan and Xi Hui, covering an area of 1600 mu, with a construction area of nearly 300,000 square meters, total fixed assets of 654.38 billion yuan, and a collection of more than 930,000 paper books.