In early August, Shanghai Ranking's Academic Ranking of World Universities was officially released in 2019. The ranking shows the world’s leading 1000 research universities, with 132 in the Mainland China. For the first time, Jiangsu University ranked among the top 500 in the world, 40-58 in the mainland universities and 401-500 in the world universities, which showed that JSU’s academic level and international influence had been improved rapidly compared to last year.
Shanghai Ranking's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is the first comprehensive academic global university ranking in the World. It was first published in 2003, and the 17th edition was released this year. And it is known for its objective, transparent and stable evaluation method, which adopts all internationally comparable objective indicators and third-party data. The ARWU is one of the four most influential and authoritative international rankings, which is widely reported and cited around the world.
JSU focuses on the goal of high levels, having a distinctive feature, and collaborating with international research universities. JSU adheres to the discipline construction in the prominent position, actively promotes to carry out the Action Plan for Jiangsu University Disciplines, JSU also devotes to continuously strengthen the discipline connotation construction, attaching great importance to the quality of scientific research and academic level training of teachers and students.