📖 Introduction

Jinggangshan University, located in Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, China, is a comprehensive university with a diverse range of academic disciplines. Established in 2000, the university takes its name from the Jinggang Mountains, a significant revolutionary base during China's revolutionary history. Jinggangshan University is a public institution, committed to providing quality higher education and contributing to regional development.

The university offers a broad spectrum of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across various fields, including engineering, liberal arts, science, economics, and management. With a focus on cultivating well-rounded individuals with a strong sense of social responsibility, Jinggangshan University places importance on integrating academic knowledge with practical skills. The campus environment is conducive to holistic development, fostering a spirit of innovation, patriotism, and dedication to community service. While specific global rankings may vary, the university is dedicated to promoting education and research that align with the needs of the region and the nation, contributing to the socio-economic progress of Jinggangshan and beyond.

🏫 About Jinggangshan University (JGSU)

Jinggangshan University (JGSU, hereafter), a state-run institution of higher education, is known for its comprehensive ordinary undergraduate education with a long history and glorious tradition. It is a university jointly supported by Ministry of Education and the People’s Government of Jiangxi Province, pair-assisted by Tongji University and authorized by Nanjing Military Region for cultivation of military talents and cadres. Jinggangshan University, located in the city centre of Ji’an Municipality, currently has 18,000 full-time registered students, including 331 oversea students. Meanwhile, it has enrolled more than 10,000 adult students. Up till now JGSU has produced nearly 100,000 graduates working in all walks of life. Jinggangshan University has a reasonably structured high-quality faculty team. At present, JGSU has a faculty of nearly 1600 people, including 129 professors, 409 associate professors. Among the faculty are 154 teachers with doctoral degree, 69 doctorate candidates, and 611 with master’s degree. JGSU is composed of 21 schools and offers 75 undergraduate majors covering 11 main disciplines (i.e. Economics, Law, Education, Literature, History, Science, Engineering, Agronomy, Medicine, Management, Arts). 7 undergraduate majors in JGSU is entitled to enrolls the first batch high school students in Jiangxi Province The past few years have seen the rapid development of Jinggangshan University in discipline, specialty and course construction. Among the 5 key disciplines of Jiangxi Province are the Discipline of Biology granted as “Advanced-level Discipline” in the 12th Five-year Plan, the Discipline of Marxism as the primary provincial key discipline, the Discipline of Atomic and Molecular Physics, the Discipline of Physical Chemistry and the Discipline of Computer Science and Application as the secondary provincial key disciplines. Either in terms of research achievements or in terms of talents cultivation, these disciplines enjoy a high reputation and exercise a significant influence. Currently, Jinggangshan University has constructed 8 key research bases, including 1 Ministry of Education Key Research Institute for Humanities & Social Science in Universities (i.e. Centre for Studies of CPC Revolutionary Spirit & Culture Resources), 1 cooperative research base (i.e. Branch Centre of Jinggangshan University, Cooperative Research Center on Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) by Ministry of Education in China), 2 province-level Key Research Bases of Humanities and Social Science (i.e. Centre for Jinggangshan Spirit Studies and Centre for Luling Culture Studies), 1 province-level postgraduate education and innovation base(i.e. Education Centre for Master of Social Work), 2 provincial key laboratories (i.e. the Coordination Chemistry Laboratory and Laboratory of Biological Diversity and Ecological Engineering) and 1 key laboratories supported by Jiangxi Education Department (i.e. Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Resources). Through years of construction and development, these key research bases have effectively spurred on the development of the university’s teaching and talents cultivation, turning into the university’s “benchmark” of academic innovation, and “a flagship” for enhancing quality. JGSU will continue to promote the construction of provincial and ministerial key research bases, and to start the construction of its own key research bases. At present, there are 4 undergraduate majors granted as the National Feature Specialty and 7 as the province-level Feature Specialty in Jinggangshan University. JGSU has constructed 7 province-level High-quality Courses and 3 province-level Bilingual Modal Courses. In addition, 4 province-level Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centers and 3 province-level Talents Cultivation Model Innovative Experimental Zones have been established; 6 province-level Teaching Teams have been organized. Furthermore, JGSU has established more than 270 teaching bases for practical training and teaching. The Hospital Affiliated to Jinggangshan University is granted as 3A hospital. Jinggangshan University has also laid much emphasis on academic research. More than 4,600 academic papers among which 395 are indexed by SCI, EI and ISTP, and 254 monographs or textbooks were published in the past 5 years; and 103 nation-level projects were granted to the teachers of JGSU, including 63 projects funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSF), 17 National Key Technology R & D Programs, 2 New Century Excellent Talents Support Programs, 1 sub-project of National Science and Technology Major Project, 1 bidding project of National Key Laboratory, 18 projects sponsored by National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC) , 1 Key Projects of Philosophy and Social Sciences Research funded by Ministry of Education. In addition, more than 380 province-level projects and 19 awards of province-or- ministry-level were granted to the teachers of JGSU. Jinggangshan University promotes broad international cooperation and exchange, having signed cooperative agreements with nearly 20 universities and research institutes from more than 10 nations and regions such as the United States, the UK, Russia, Canada, Australia, Japan, and South Korea, and exchanging students through cooperative programs with universities from UK and South Korea. Teachers are sent abroad to study and participate in academic conferences every year and more than 10 oversea experts from U.S. UK, Japan and India are engaged to teach in Jinggshan University. Jinggangshan University will vigorously promote Jinggangshan Spirit, launch higher education for the satisfaction of the people through boosting connotative development and enhancing teaching quality, and strive to construct a distinctively regional high-level university.

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🏠 Accommodation

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You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

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  • Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

📬 Admissions Process

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Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required documents:

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to China Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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