About Jiaxing University
Jiaxing University is a public university approved by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. Jiaxing University covers an area of 274 acres in total.
The total value of teaching and scientific research equipment is over $85 million. The library has a collection of over 2.3 million print volumes and over 2.49 million electronic volumes respectively. Jiaxing University has 17 teaching units, more than 16,300 full-time students, 8 affiliated hospitals and 1 affiliated kindergarten.
Lu Jun, the president of Jiaxing University, is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Professor Zhu Jingwu, honorary president of Jiaxing University, is a world-famous physicist and former president of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Jiaxing University has more than 1,660 faculty members and staff, including 3 full-time academicians, 10 part-time academicians, national special experts and so on. There are 2 provincial key innovation teams and 4 provincial teaching teams.There are 59 undergraduate programs. Up to now, 2 majors are selected into national -level first-class undergraduate construction plan and 10 majors are selected into provincial-level first-class undergraduate plan. In addition, university boasts 11 national and provincial experimental teaching platforms. Jiaxing University has been dedicated to promoting the integration of industry and education and school-enterprise cooperation. Jiaxing University ranks the top among peer universities in Zhejiang province for many consecutive years.
Jiaxing University has cooperated with more than 80 universities or institutions in 22 countries or regions. It has established PhD Research Program with universities in Australia, DBDM (Dual Bachelor’s Master’s Program) with universities in Germany, and dual degree programs with universities in the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, South Korea and other countries. In the past five years, more than 1,700 Chinese students have been recommended to over 40 overseas universities for study and exchange. Over 600 international students from about 30 countries and regions have been enrolled in Jiaxing University in the recent few years. Jiaxing University has jointly carried out scientific research activities with experts from many countries, hosted the East Asia Economic and Cultural Forum, Starlit South Lake Summit and other international seminars, and organized China-Japan-Korea International Exchange Exhibition
Adhering to the motto of “Integrity and Tenacity; Diligence and Prudence” and building the ethos of “To pursue the reality, the truth and the right path”, Jiaxing University is committed to improving capacity of talents cultivation, scientific research, social service, cultural inheritance and innovation, and international communication and cooperation ability as well as striving to build a local comprehensive application-oriented university with distinctive features and good innovation.
Basic information
City: Jiaxing, Zhejiang
Founded in: 1914
Type: Public
Number of total students: 16300
Number of international students: 600
Number of faculty: 1660
Campus Scenery
Learning and activities
Accommodation conditions
ESI TOP 1% CHEMISTRY DISCIPLINE AND ENGINEERING DISCIPLINE
16,300 FULL-TIME STUDENTS
59 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS 8 AFFILIATED HOSPITALS
NO.1 AMONG PEER UNIVERSITIES IN ZHEJIANG PROVINCE
1,660 FACULTY AND STAFF
3 MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMS
In 2001, the school was upgraded to a vocational institution of higher learning and hence got its current name. In 2008, SPIA was approved to enter the list of “Demonstrative Higher Vocational Institutions of Jiangsu Province” under-construction.
The SPIA campus includes the Demonstrative Training Base for Rural Labor Shift under the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, and the Suzhou Training Center under the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture. According to the National Chronicle of Horticulture, SPIA’s horticulture education dates back to 1912, being the earliest to offer this program among its counterparts in China. SPIA is the forerunner of vocational education in horticulture and gardening in modern China. In 2017, SPIA was approved to be listed as one of the High-level Vocational colleges in Jiangsu Province.
SPIA consists of the Main Campus, Xiangcheng Campus and Dongshan Campus, covering a total area of over 100 hectares. There are currently 35 diploma programs offered by the 9 teaching units, i.e. School of Horticultural Technology, School of Landscape Engineering, School of Economics & Management, School of Environmental Engineering, School of Smart Agriculture, School of Food Science and Technology, School of International Education, School of Continuing Education, and Center for Quality Education.
SPIA Students are from 17 provinces, with a total of nearly 10,000 full-time students on campus. SPIA has over 550 faculty and staff members, including 191 with senior professional titles, 292 with master’s or doctorate degrees, and more than 60 ranked as highly qualified personnel at the provincial or state levels.
SPIA has 2 “Provincial Excellent Teaching Teams”, 6 “Provincial Brand-name Majors or Featured Majors”, one “National Quality Course”, 9 “Provincial Quality Courses”, and one “National Quality Course Book” and 12 “Provincial Quality Course Books” . International exchanges and cooperation have been heartily carried out between SPIA and 18 sister schools from 8 countries.
