In August 2005, the Ministry of Education approved the establishment of Xi Jiaotong-Liverpool University.
In May, 2006, the Ministry of Education issued a school license to Xi Jiao Tong University of Liverpool, and approved the school to participate in the unified enrollment of colleges and universities nationwide. On the 29th, Xi Jiaotong University was officially inaugurated.
In September 2006, Xi Jiao Tong University opened six majors, including financial mathematics, information and computing science, communication engineering, computer science and technology, electronic science and technology, information management and information system, with more than 60 undergraduates/kloc-0.
From June 5, 2007 to 10, Professor Song Yonghua, an academician of the Royal British Academy of Engineering, became the executive vice president and executive president of Xi 'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.
In September 2007, more than 570 second undergraduate students were enrolled.
In August 2008, Professor Xi Youmin, a famous management scientist in China and former vice president of Xi Jiaotong University, became the executive president of Xi Jiaotong-Liverpool University.
On August 20 10, Xi Jiao Tong University graduated from the first undergraduate course, and 96% of them went abroad to study for their master's degree and doctor's degree, among which 10% went to the top ten universities in the world (according to the ranking of 20 10 in The Times).
20 1 1 In July, Xi Jiao Tong University celebrated its fifth anniversary for the first time.
From 2065438 to February 2002, the research project "Molecular Markers of Diabetes" led by Dr. Zhang from the Department of Life Sciences was funded by the National High-tech Research and Development Program (863 Program) for the first time.
20 12 in may, the Ministry of education issued the "official reply of the Ministry of education on agreeing to implement the postgraduate education program of the university of Liverpool in the United kingdom" (foreign teachers' comprehensive letter No20 122 1), agreeing to implement the master's degree and doctoral degree education of the university of Liverpool in the United kingdom. As of June 20 16, 14, the school has 14 teaching departments, including 27 undergraduate majors, all of which are taught in English except public extracurricular, with more than 8,000 registered students and more than 300 overseas students from more than 30 countries and regions around the world. By the end of 20 12, the school had more than 30 graduate students and nearly 30 doctoral students. Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences 1, majoring in biological sciences, including biochemistry, genetics, microbiology and molecular biology.
2. Bioinformatics major. Suzhou International Business School is an international business school, whose major areas are information management and information system (e-finance), accounting, economics, marketing, business administration, human resource management, business management (public health) and international business. Department of Civil Engineering, majoring in civil engineering (including civil engineering and construction engineering). Urban Planning and Design Department is a major in urban planning and design (including urban planning and environmental (planning) engineering direction). Department of electrical and electronic engineering. Electronic engineering communication engineering (including optical communication and wireless communication), electronic science and technology (microelectronics), electrical engineering and its automation, digital media technology. Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering &; Software Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Information and Computing Science, Department of Industrial Design, Department of English Culture and Communication, Department of Industrial Design, English Culture and Communication; Communication English major (including Financial English, International Business English, Media English and Applied English Studies), Communication, Chinese International Education (Contemporary China Studies). Department of Mathematical Sciences Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics Department of Financial Mathematics and Chemistry Department of Applied Chemistry Department of Architecture Department of Environmental Science Department of Environmental Science (the above statistics are all from official website). Xi Jiao Tong University employs teachers worldwide according to the standards of world-renowned universities. There are nearly 600 teachers, 80% of whom are foreign teachers. University teachers are divided into basic course teachers, English language center teachers and professional course teachers.
The team of basic course teachers is responsible for the teaching of public basic courses such as mathematics, physics, China culture and physical education. Among them, more than 20 lecturers in the Center for Mathematics and Science are mostly senior professors from well-known universities in China, such as Jiaotong University, Tsinghua, Tongji University and Tianjin University, and many of them enjoy special allowances from the State Council.
Teachers in English Language Center have rich teaching experience and excellent language teaching skills. By the end of 20 16 and 1 June, there were nearly * * full-time teachers in the center 150, most of whom were foreign teachers, and some of them from China obtained doctoral or master's degrees in English language teaching from Britain. The English Language Center is also one of the largest English teaching units in the world.
Most professional teachers have doctoral degrees from internationally renowned universities and rich teaching and research experience, and come from more than 30 different countries and regions around the world. They are a high-level teaching team with international background, cutting-edge scientific research ability and rich practical teaching experience. World-class scholars, represented by Professor David O 'Connor, Chairman of the protein Research Association, have joined Xipu in succession. According to the school official website 20 16 1. Xi Jiao Tong University Library has more than 500,000 paper books, including 203 paper chinese magazine and periodicals, 23 paper foreign periodicals and 55 Chinese and English newspapers. More than 90% of paper books are English professional books and periodicals. At present, a balanced and reasonable multidisciplinary collection system combining science, engineering, management and literature has been formed. The library takes "digital library" as the overall strategic direction, attaches importance to the construction of electronic resources, and introduces all kinds of electronic resources and electronic books at home and abroad. Among them, 67 academic electronic databases include more than 50,000 academic journals, 53/kloc-0 electronic classic academic books, 2.5 million Chinese electronic books, 654.38+10,000 doctoral and academic conference papers, covering existing and planning disciplines.
Dushu Lake Library is a branch of the National Digital Library, which is enjoyed by teachers and students in our school. It has a large number of Chinese resources, including 2.2 million e-books, more than 43,500 periodicals, more than 300 newspapers and tens of millions of accumulated documents. More than 80 thousand master's and doctoral dissertations and academic conference papers; Millions of books. The Chinese resources of Dushu Lake Library are a useful supplement to the English Academic Library of Xi Jiao Tong University. Tutorial system Xi Jiaotong University introduced the personal tutor system widely used in world-class universities, and combined with the practice of cooperative education, explored and developed four tutorial systems with xipu characteristics, including off-campus tutors to guide students' career planning and development, class tutors to guide students to form good study and living habits, and schoolmates tutors to help freshmen quickly adapt to university life and xipu teaching mode.
In order to improve students' learning quality and satisfaction with the school, Xi Jiao Tong University set up a teacher-student liaison committee to collect students' feedback, in addition to issuing student evaluation questionnaires and implementing a personal tutorial system. Teacher-student committee provides an important communication channel for students and university staff. Xueyou Program Xueyou Program was established in August 2009, which is one of the four tutorial systems of Xi Jiao Tong University. The alumni program is dedicated to helping freshmen adapt to their new life as soon as possible, and at the same time, it builds a communication platform for peer assistance, encourages senior alumni to share experiences and give guidance with juniors, freshmen and international students, and promotes cross-grade communication. Alumni will provide detailed life and study guidance, improve communication skills and enhance their sense of responsibility. Xueyou program includes four major projects: alumni of students, alumni of foreign students, alumni of 2+2 students and alumni of graduates. The highlight of Xueyou program is that Xueyou seniors and freshmen and juniors can become close and relaxed friends, and there is no generation gap. The experience shared by alumni is more practical and direct, so it will be easier to accept. Student Union Xi Jiao Tong University Student Union was established in September 2006. It is an autonomous organization for Jiao Tong University students, a bridge and link between students and schools, a stage for developing and prospering campus culture, an important carrier for cultivating college students to become talents in an all-round way, and a pioneer in realizing Jiao Tong University's great vision of becoming a research-oriented, unique and internationally recognized China University and international university in China. Undergraduate students of Xi Jiao Tong University of Liverpool are members of Xi Jiao Tong University Student Union from the date of admission, enjoying equal right to vote and stand for election. Students' Union is committed to leading youth culture, prospering campus academics, serving students' rights and interests, carrying forward the past and forging ahead into the future, and making continuous efforts to achieve the goal of "inheriting the spirit of Chinese and British civilization and integrating the essence of Chinese and British culture". Xi Jiaotong-Liverpool University has the right of China people to confer degrees, and its graduates have obtained double diplomas from this university and Liverpool University.
Treat students as "young adults" and emphasize that diplomas are by-products of learning, which are based on students' healthy growth, learning-centered, and interest-oriented.
"Student-oriented", the implementation of student autonomy and school guidance services as the core of four unique tutorial system and student work system. Professional courses are taught in English, with a perfect international teaching quality monitoring system to ensure that students get a knowledge system and a unique learning experience that is updated synchronously with the world.
Internationalized teaching staff and educational environment, according to the standards of world-renowned universities, 70% of the teachers recruited worldwide are foreign teachers.
Undergraduate and graduate students are recruited at home and abroad, and exchange students from foreign universities are accepted. The number of international students will account for about 65,438+00% of the total number.
Taking the research-oriented new international university as the development orientation, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation, and undertaken by the National 863 Science and Technology Major Project.
A university without walls, an open campus and a first-class software and hardware environment stimulate the innovative vitality of teachers and students and expand the blending space of knowledge and wisdom.
About 65,438+00% of the first five graduates went to the top ten world famous universities (according to the Times Global University Rankings) to continue their graduate studies.
Located in the "One-hour Economic Circle of the Yangtze River Delta" with the most developed economy and society in China and Suzhou Industrial Park where the world's top 500 enterprises gather, it creates internship and employment opportunities for students around the world.
Explorers and practitioners of brand-new university ideas and forms that adapt to the future development trend of the world, with their unique educational model, organizational structure, university ideas and management theories and methods, lead the process of Chinese-foreign cooperative universities and higher education reform in China.