Jiangnan University is a university directly under the Ministry of Education, a key construction university under the national "2 1 1 Project" and a double-class discipline construction university. The school has a long history and a rich cultural heritage. It 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.

In 20021year, students enrolled in 53 undergraduate majors, including 20609 undergraduates, 65438 doctoral students and 00940 international students. There are 4 national comprehensive reform pilot specialties, 5 characteristic specialty construction sites/kloc-0, and 26 national first-class undergraduate specialty construction sites.

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In 20021soft science world-class discipline ranking, 15 disciplines were selected, and food science and engineering disciplines ranked first in the world for three consecutive years; In ESI global impact assessment ranking, nine disciplines, including agricultural science, engineering, chemistry, biology and biochemistry, materials science, clinical medicine, computer science, pharmacology and toxicology, and environment and ecology, rank among the top 1% in the world, among which agricultural science ranks among the top 0.2‰.

Reference: official website-school profile, Jiangnan University.