Jiangsu Polytechnic University (JPU) is situated in the
beautiful city of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, famous
for its rich resources and outstanding talents. Founded
in 1978, JPU was originally named the Jiangsu Institute
of Chemical Technology. It was then known as Jiangsu Institute
of Petrochemical Technology (1992 – 2002). In 2000, the
Institute was incorporated into the Jiangsu Provincial
Government, co-sponsored by the Central and the local
government. In November 2002, the name Jiangsu Polytechnic
University was officially approved. JPU was empowered
to grant bachelors’ degree in 1984
and in June this year it was empowered to grant masters’
degree. During the past twenty-five years, JPU has been
offered help and support by people from all walks of life,
and, together with them, the people of JPU have contributed
to building the university into a dynamic and vibrant
institution of higher learning with emphasis on engineering,
combined with science and integrated with arts.
JPU now owns two campuses: Baiyun and Wujin with a combined
area of more than 100 hectares and 11,000 full-time students.
The University has ten departments. They are: Chemical
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science
& Engineering, Business Administration, Information
Science, Foreign Language, Environmental & Safety
Engineering, Material Science & Engineering, Law and
Physical Education. Additionally, JPU possesses three
colleges---Adult Education College, Helda College and
College of Applied Technology. Helda is a self-sufficient
and public-owned college. JPU provides five
masters’ programs, 41 bachelors’ programs and five undergraduate
programs. The programs cover six categories. They are
arts, science, economics, engineering, management and
law. The masters’ programs are Material Science &
Engineering, Chemical Engineering & Technology, Environmental
Engineering, Oil-gas Storage & Transportation Engineering
and Chemical Engineering Processing Equipment. JPU recruits
students from twenty-six cities, provinces and autonomous
regions in China. Fifty percent of the University’s full-time
teachers hold senior professional titles. More
than twenty teachers have been awarded the Government
Special Subsidiary. Eight have been awarded the Province-wide
Outstanding Experts with Contributions. More than ten
have been entitled Excellent Teachers of the State (or
Jiangsu Province). JPU is ranked in the top 20 for its
research capability among 100 universities (colleges)
in Jiangsu Province. According to the recent retrieving
statistics collected by China Science & Technology
Information Institute, the retrievals by SCI, EI, ISTP
etc. from the research papers by the teachers of JPU have
been listed amongst the top 150 from among 1,000 universities
in China.
JPU has actively been developing exchanges and cooperation
with universities home and abroad. It has built close
links with Hong Kong Polytechnic University, National
Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, St. Francis Xiavier University, Canada,
Heriot-Watt University, Scottland, ect. Culture and academic
exchanges and joint research members, and studentsin recent
years.
JPU now boasts its alumni of more than twenty thousand.
In the future, JPU has acknowledged as an ideal academy
to forester personnel and talents for the development
of local economy and petrochemical industry.
JPU’s students all bear in mind the university’s spirit:
Responsibility. The university has been entitled as the
Model University by Jiangsu Province Government.
