Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University was founded in 2006 as a partnership between Xi’an Jiaotong University in China and the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, and is the largest Sino-foreign cooperative university approved by China’s Ministry of Education.

It sits in the Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District within Suzhou Industrial Park, and a second base in Taicang opened in September 2022 among manufacturing enterprises close to Shanghai. It reports more than 26,000 students, over 100 programmes, more than 2,400 staff and students from 93 countries and regions.

All degrees are taught in English. Undergraduates earn an XJTLU degree and a University of Liverpool degree; postgraduates receive the Liverpool degree. The Design School, founded in 2020, groups the Departments of Architecture, Civil Engineering, Industrial Design and Urban Planning and Design, with RIBA validation for architecture and Chartered Society of Designers accreditation for industrial design.

Research is a stated priority, with 691 projects and over 400 million yuan of external funding, and the university appears in the Essential Science Indicators top 1 percent for engineering and materials science. Study is research-informed, with tailor-made specialisations and an Extended Study Scheme; International Business School Suzhou holds AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS accreditation.