Jiangsu Food Science College is a qualified higher professional educational institution established with approval from Jiangsu provincial government and filed with the Ministry Education of PR China. It is the only independent higher professional educational institution in China specializing in the education of food science.     The college is located in Huai'an, an important city in northern part of Jiangsu province with convenient transportation systems and beautiful scenery. Xinchang Railway, Ninlian Expressway, Jinghu Expressway, Jinghang Canal and so on all find their way here. It has already become a prosperous transportation center, an important industrial and commercial city and It has a strong cultural atmosphere to make it an ideal place for study. The college is close to many well-known places such as Zhou Enlai Memorial and residence of Wu Chengen, the author of the famous work, “The Journey to the West”.     Jiangsu Food Science College covers an area of 1,269 acres and has a building area of 220,000 square metres. 436 talents from different parts of China are now working for the college among whom 65 have a Master's or PhD degree, 76 have a title as professor or associate professor and 4 serve as national academic commissioners in food-related industries. Many technical experts and engineers carry out most of the key courses. The college has long been inviting teachers from USA, Japan and many other countries to teach here to facilitate teaching and learning of foreign languages. Since 2003 the college has recruited students from 14 provinces or regions throughout China and the college community comprises about 8,500 students now.     Routine administration is jointly taken by the college and the relevant departments. The college now has 8 departments: Food Engineering Department, Bio-chemistry Department, Mecho-electrical Engineering Department, Tourism and Hospitality Department, Computer Appliance Department, Accounting Department, Economy and Trade Department and Foreign Languages Department. The college offers a wide range of majors with a distinguished feature in the food industry chain to meet the increasing market demands and to help local economic development. The current 43 majors offered by the above departments cover the main aspects of food industry and our graduates have received warm welcome on the job market.     The college has stuck to the conception “put equal emphasis on morality and knowledge to achieve prosperity of both ethics and skills” and it delivers its education with a watchful eye on employment and combines production, teaching and research in its routine educational activities. It has built 65 labs, 5 training centers and Chinese Food Museum. The total value invested in teaching equipment reaches RMB 40,000,000 . The training center for food processing technology is jointly financed by the Ministry of Education and Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education and is a key project in the field. The college cooperates closely with many famous firms in relevant areas such as King Luck Wine Group, Yuren Group, Suguo Supermarket and builds over 80 training bases outside the campus. The college devote itself to the education mode of “major + skills” and encourage students to get professional certificates. The college is now authorized to undertake over 20 professional job skills authentication in food, mechanical, electrics, wine brewing, cooking, catering, computers etc. All these give a favorable environment to facilitate students' acquisition of relative certificates and improvement of skills for the purpose of employment after graduation and the employment rate has been kept above 98% in recent years. The college also cooperates with many famous domestic universities in terms of further study.     To maintain sustainable development and to build the college into a prestigious one within the country and one of the best in Jiangsu province, we are confident about the future of the college. We believe that our college will be better and more vibrant tomorrow!