江苏理工学院地处有着3200多年历史的文化古城——江苏省常州市。常州位于长江三角洲中心地带,与上海、南京两大都市等距相望,区位条件优越,气候舒适宜人,经济质量优异,社会安宁和谐,交通出行便利,生活环境优美,被评为全国文明城市和中国最具创新力城市。
学校创建于1984年,是江苏省一流应用型本科高校立项建设单位、硕士学位授予单位、教育部本科教学工作水平评估优秀单位、全国首批职教师资培训重点建设基地和江苏省首批决策咨询研究基地。学校各类校舍建筑面积50余万平方米,现有全日制在校本科生20000余人(含留学生)、硕士研究生1300余人、来华留学生学历生(本科生、研究生)100余人,教职工近1700人。开设64个本科专业,硕士学位授权点14个,形成了以工科为主,多学科协调发展的办学格局。
学校大力实施国际化发展战略,积极引进国际先进办学理念、标准和资源,先后与德国、美国、英国、法国、哈萨克斯坦等20多个国家和地区的70多所高校、教育及科研机构建立了紧密的合作与交流关系。目前面向俄罗斯、摩洛哥、南非、印度尼西亚等“一带一路”沿线40多个国家和地区招收留学生。
近年来,学校加大留学生教育软硬件建设,建有设施齐全、功能完备的留学生教学楼和公寓楼,着力为留学生创造优美的学习和生活环境。学校面向留学生需求调整专业设置,配强教学师资,完善课程体系,不断提升留学生培养质量。留学生多次在全国大学生英语演讲比赛、中华经典诵读大赛中获奖。
Jiangsu University of Technology (JSUT) is situated in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, an ancient city with a written history of over 3,200 years. It is located in the center of the Yangtze River Delta, halfway between the two metropolises of Shanghai and Nanjing, with superior location conditions. Changzhou is named as National Civilized City and the Most Innovative City in China: for its pleasant climate, booming economy, social stability and harmony, convenient transportation and beautiful living environment.
Founded in 1984, JSUT is a master's degree-granting unit. The university was evaluated with Excellence in the undergraduate teaching assessment implemented by the Ministry of Education. It was listed in the first batch of National Key Vocational Education Construction Bases of Teachers Training, and also among the inaugural group of Decision-making Consultation Research Bases in Jiangsu Province. The University, with a building area of more than 500,000 square meters, has over 20,000 full-time undergraduates (including international students), nearly 1,300 master's degree students, over 100 international students with academic qualifications (undergraduates and postgraduates), and nearly 1,700 faculty staff. JSUT offers 64 undergraduate majors and 14 authorized master's degree programs, which forms a distinct pattern of engineering-oriented and coordinated development with multiple disciplines.
JSUT vigorously implements a strategy of internationalized development, actively absorbing advanced international educational thoughts, standards and resources. It highlights characteristics of international cooperation and exchange by focusing on the implementation of Sino-German cooperation programs and successively establishing cooperation relationships with over 70 universities, educational and research institutions in more than 20 countries and regions, including Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Kazakhstan, etc. Currently, the university enrolls international students from more than 40 countries and regions along the “Belt and Road”, including Russia, Morocco, South Africa and Indonesia.
In recent years, JSUT has accelerated the construction of software and hardware for international students’ education, and has built well-equipped and functional international student teaching buildings and apartment buildings, and has endeavored to create a beautiful studying and living environment. The university has adjusted the major settings to meet the needs of international students, selected an outstanding teaching faculty, improved the curriculum system, and continuously enhanced the quality of cultivation for international students. International students have won many awards in the National College Students' English Speech Contest and Chinese Classics Recitation Contest.