Former Vice-Chancellor at the University of Liverpool
Professor Sir Drummond Bone reflects on the growth of XJTLU in 20 years, how far it has come, and its role in bridging China and the UK.
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Former Vice President of Academic Affairs, XJTLU
After arriving from the University of Liverpool to take up the role of Vice President of Academic Affairs in 2014, Professor Andre Brown was tasked with helping turn XJTLU into a genuine research university.
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Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool
Professor Kelvin Everest played an important role in the establishment of XJTLU. He says he is amazed by how quickly XJTLU has grown over the past 20 years.
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Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Liverpool
Professor Michael Fang shares the story of his time at the University of Liverpool, and the beginnings of XJTLU.
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Founding Dean of International Business School Suzhou
Professor Sarah Dixon likens the founding of XJTLU’s International Business School Suzhou in 2013 to starting a business, and explains why her time at XJTLU was her “best job ever”.
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Dean of International Business School Suzhou
Professor Eddy Fang has been at IBSS since its founding. With the international foundation firmly established, he reflects on where the School will go next.
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Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, XJTLU
Having taught mathematics at XJTLU for fifteen and a half years, Professor Jingming Guo turned abstract concepts into stories students could truly grasp, and made the young university's math classroom "the most glorious chapter" of his nearly five-decade teaching career.
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Dean for Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University at the University of Liverpool
When Professor Jones was appointed Dean of XJTLU in 2023, he was struck by the shared purpose and community of students and staff who cared deeply about what the University could become.
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Vice-Chancellor at the University of Liverpool
Professor Tim Jones talks about the early vision of XJTLU: to create a new international model for higher education, giving Chinese students the opportunity to experience the best of both Chinese and Western approaches to learning.
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Co-founder of Amy Robotics and XJTLU alumnus
Ruijiao Li, a former BSc Information and Computing Science student, shares his story of entrepreneurship inspired by trying new things, following his curiosity and stepping out into the world.
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Former Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Suzhou Industrial Park
When recruiting graduates for SIP, Yunguan Pan realised the region couldn’t build its future by always looking elsewhere for talent. That thinking helped create Dushu Lake Higher Education District.
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Associate Vice President for Education
Professor Konstantinos Papadikis has spent fifteen years watching XJTLU grow from a handful of buildings into a multi-campus university. He has also spent those years watching something more troubling take shape: A generation of students slowly outsourcing their thinking. As the university's Associate Vice President for Education, he is now doing something about it, rethinking curricula, redefining assessment, and making the case that in the age of AI, the most important thing a university can teach is what it means to be human.
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Former Vice President of Academic Affairs, XJTLU
Professor David Sadler shares a message of congratulations to XJTLU
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Professor at the School of AI and Advanced Computing, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Entrepreneur College (Taicang); Director of the Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Education and Research and Development Institute
For Professor Jionglong Su, the true value of interdisciplinarity isn’t merely bringing people from various disciplines together – it’s about tackling a problem from all angles.
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Former Party Committee Secretary of Xi’an Jiaotong University
Recalling the beginnings of XJTLU, Professor Jianhua Wang recalls: “XJTLU was among the first international joint-venture universities formally approved in China. It set a precedent, and there were uncertainties in almost every area. We had no idea how many hurdles lay ahead.”
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Associate R&D Director at Crystal Pharmatech (Suzhou) and PhD student at XJTLU Wisdom Lake Academy of Pharmacy
While working at Crystal Pharmatech, Shuai Wang was inspired to pursue a PhD by a long-standing challenge in the industry. This allowed her to tackle the problem from both the academic and industry perspective.
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Former Vice President of XJTLU
Professor Yang joined XJTLU when the University was only two years old. Reflecting on the milestone of XJTLU’s 20th anniversary, Professor Yang says XJTLU’s development has far exceeded his expectations.
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Former Executive Deputy Director of the Dushu Lake Higher Education District Office
Feng Ye looks back on the early days of XJTLU’s planning – a 10pm meeting, an informal admissions office and support from SIP.
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