Established in 1952, Jiangsu Normal University (JSNU) is located in the historically and culturally rich city of Xuzhou. JSNU, co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, is a regionally leading demonstration university. As one of the first universities qualified to recruit international students in China, JSNU has, up to now, established friendly cooperative relations with 91 universities in Britain, the United States, Australia, Russia, and other countries, and has recruited international students from 53 countries and regions. As a university entrusted by the Chinese Government Scholarship to train students (known as a member of China Scholarship Council, CSC) and a target school for studying abroad in Jiangsu, JSNU led the establishment of the China-Russia Cooperative University Alliance and was elected as the first chairman of the organization. It is a member of the 20+20 Alliance of Jiangsu-UK high-level universities. JSNU was awarded as one of China’s most advanced Confucius Institutes. In Malaysia, JSNU founded the first overseas Mencius Institute. It has jointly established research platforms with Harvard University, the University of Edinburgh, and University College London. It jointly established the China-Latin America Cultural Exchange Base with the Chinese-Foreign Cultural Exchange Center of the Ministry of Education, the Institute of Latin American Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the Foreign Affairs Office of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government. JSNU maintains regular communications with universities in the United States, Australia, Japan, Russia, Belarus, and other countries for student-exchange programs as well as students' credit transfer. It also hosts teacher and staff training events with Harvard University, the University of Hong Kong, and other major international universities.
