Anniversary News

The chance to create something new: The beginnings of IBSS

In 2012, Professor Sarah Dixon, then Dean of the School of Management at the University of Bradford in the UK, accepted a position to set up a business school in China.“My friends thought I was nut...

11 May 2026

Professor Andre Brown: It wasn’t a question of whether XJTLU would be successful. It was how successful

When Professor Andre Brown arrived at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in 2014 to take on the role of Vice President of Academic Affairs, he wasn’t walking into unfamiliar territory.As f...

8 May 2026

After growing with IBSS, Dean Eddy Fang is asking what comes next

At XJTLU’s International Business School Suzhou (IBSS), Professor Eddy Fang has been thinking less about whether the School is international enough and more about a more specific question: once an ...

6 May 2026

From chromosomes to construction: Professor Jionglong Su on interdisciplinarity

A robotic dog patrols a construction site, carefully counting every single steel bar. This isn’t some scene from a virtual world – it’s an ongoing project by Professor Jionglong Su from the School of AI and Advanced Computing at XJTLU Entrepreneur College (Taicang). It was one of Professor Su’s former students, who now works at China Railway, who first drew him into the field of intelligent construction site management. For this initiative, the robotic dog replaces manual patrol inspections, while computer vision technology counts the steel bars.

5 May 2026

Teaching in the age of AI: ‘Humans are what matter’

On 6 February 2011, Professor Konstantinos Papadikis uprooted his life and bought a one-way ticket from London to Shanghai, just a day after his birthday party. He was one of the earliest lecturers at XJTLU’s Department of Civil Engineering. Fifteen years later, a new era demanded the same grit from him. Now the Associate Vice President for Education, Professor Papadikis is focused on a question with far greater consequences: What does it take to prepare the next generation of students for a post-AI world?

5 May 2026

Next Together: Xi’an alumni celebrate XJTLU’s 20th anniversary

On 7 April, the Xi’an stop of Next Together – Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)’s alumni event series marking its 20th anniversary – was held at Xi’an Film Studio Story House. Co-hosted by the University’s Alumni Affairs Office and ILEAD TALK, the event brought together nearly 100 participants, including alumni from Shaanxi province, educators, parents, and current students. Discussions focused on talent development and education in the digital intelligence era.

30 Apr 2026