Official website of Jiangnan University shows that the total area of Jiangnan University is 3,786 mu. Jiangnan University is a university directly under the Ministry of Education, a national "2 1 1 engineering" key university and a "double-class" 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 Wuxi Institute of Light Industry was established. 1962 Wuxi Textile Vocational and Technical College merged into 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.