Jiangsu University, located in Zhenjiang, is a comprehensive research-oriented national key university founded by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China. It is the first batch of high-level universities in Jiangsu Province, the first batch of universities with excellent undergraduate teaching level in China, the first batch of universities with typical experience in graduate employment in China, the first batch of universities with typical experience in innovation and entrepreneurship in China, the first batch of universities with quality certification for international students in China, and the national "three-round education" comprehensive reform pilot university.
It has successively been selected into the National Postgraduate Program for the Construction of High-level Universities, the National Key Discipline Project for the Construction of Universities, the China Government Scholarship Receiving Institution for Foreign Students in China, the National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program, the first batch of outstanding engineers' education and training programs of the Ministry of Education, the first batch of new engineering research and practice projects, and the first batch of scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer bases of universities.
The history of running a school can be traced back to 1902, when Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong founded Sanjiang Normal School, and Nanjing University and Nanjing Institute of Technology continued their string songs. 1960 Nanjing institute of technology (now southeast university) set up Zhenjiang agricultural machinery college independently. 1978 was identified as one of the 88 key universities in China by the State Council.
198 1 became the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units in China. 1982 and 1994 were renamed as Jiangsu Institute of Technology and Jiangsu University of Technology. In August of 20001year, it merged with Zhenjiang Medical College and Zhenjiang Normal College to form Jiangsu University. As the earliest university in China to offer agricultural machinery specialty and systematically carry out agricultural machinery education, it has trained the first batch of undergraduate, master and doctoral degrees in agricultural machinery in China.