The UK–Jiangsu World-Class Universities Consortium is one of the largest and longest-running higher education partnerships between the United Kingdom and China.
Supported by the British Council and the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education (JPDE), the Consortium brings together 16 UK universities and 32 universities from Jiangsu Province to support collaboration in research, innovation, talent development, transnational education (TNE), and responsible internationalisation.
Established in 2017, the Consortium has developed into a strategic platform that enables institutional partnerships, academic exchange, and collaboration on shared priorities across higher education, research, sustainability, and innovation.
The University of Liverpool and Jiangsu University serve as the UK and Jiangsu Secretariats respectively.
Aims
The Consortium supports sustainable and mutually beneficial partnerships between universities in the UK and Jiangsu Province, creating opportunities for collaboration in research, education, innovation, and skills development. Through these partnerships, member institutions contribute to knowledge exchange and address shared societal and global challenges.
Priority areas
The Consortium supports collaboration across a range of strategic themes, including:
- Environmental Engineering
- Creative Industries
- Graduate Employability
- Transnational Education (TNE)
- Collaboration with ASEAN Countries
Partner universities
The Consortium currently comprises 48 member institutions, including 16 UK universities and 32 universities from Jiangsu Province. Together, members represent a diverse range of research-intensive, specialist, and internationally engaged institutions.
UK:
- Brunel University London
- University of Cambridge
- University of Coventry
- Cranfield University
- University of Hull
- King’s College London
- University of Lancaster
- University of Leeds
- University of Leicester
- University of Liverpool (secretariat)
- University of Oxford
- University of Plymouth
- Queen’s University of Belfast
- University of Reading
- Swansea University
- University of York
China:
- Changshu Institute of Technology
- Changzhou University
- China University of Mining and Technology
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Duke Kunshan University
- Hohai University
- Huaiyin Institute of Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Jiangsu University (secretariat)
- Jiangsu Normal University
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing Audit University
- Nanjing University of the Arts
- Nanjing Agricultural University
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing Forestry University
- Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
- Nanjing Medical University
- Nanjing Normal University
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
- Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing Technology University
- Nanjing University of Finance & Economics
- Nanjing Vocational University of Industry Technology
- Nantong University
- Soochow University
- Southeast University
- Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
- Xuzhou Medical University
- Yancheng Institute of Technology
- Yangzhou University
