In the recent years, Jiangsu University has made significant breakthroughs in the construction of ESI (Essential Science Indicators) disciplines. The relevant disciplines have a high academic influence in the international field. The overall level of the disciplines has significantly improved thus laying a solid foundation for the construction of high-level and research-oriented programs.

Recently, American ESI has announced the latest data for May 2019 in which the ESI ranking of Jiangsu University has reached greater heights.

The University ranked the 886^th in the world as a whole, ranking among the top 900 for the first time, 68 positions higher than in March and 197 positions higher compared to the same period last year. All the six disciplines of our University entering the ESI global top 1% ranked much higher:

• The engineering discipline ranks 284^th among all the 1420 academic institutions entering top 1% of ESI, ranking among the top 2‰

• The chemistry discipline ranks 298^th among all the 1212 academic institutions entering top 1% of ESI, ranking among the top 2.46‰

• The discipline of Materials Science ranks 254^th among all the 852 academic institutions entering top 1% of ESI, ranking among the top 2.98‰

• The clinical medicine discipline ranks 1798^th among all the 4161 academic institutions entering top 1% of ESI, ranking among the top 4.32‰

• The Agricultural science discipline ranks 353^th among all the 814 academic institutions entering top 1% of ESI, ranking among the top 4.34‰

• The Pharmacology and Toxicology ranks 812^th among all the 853 academic institutions entering top 1% of ESI, ranking among the top 9.52‰

  What’s more, Biology and biochemistry have reached 93.46% of the ESI baseline which has increased by 15.49 percentage points since 2019 and is expected to enter top 1% of ESI by the end of the year.