Anniversary News

Professor Tim Jones: 'We are incredibly proud of all that XJTLU has achieved to date'

Originally published on the University of Liverpool’s website as part of its 20 Stories series for XJTLU’s 20th anniversary.Professor Tim Jones has been Vice Chancellor at the University of Liverpo...

18 May 2026

Professor Michael Fang: ‘It has been an amazing 20 years’

Originally published on the University of Liverpool’s website as part of its 20 Stories series for XJTLU’s 20th anniversary. Professor Michael Fang is a former Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University...

18 May 2026

XJTLU hosts 20th anniversary alumni gathering in Singapore

In April, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) held a themed alumni gathering in Singapore to mark its 20th anniversary, focusing on education and technology collaboration between China and ...

13 May 2026

‘No way back’: Professor Minzhu Yang on the ‘tough battles’ he fought at XJTLU

In 2008, Xi’an Jiaotong University appointed Professor Minzhu Yang as Vice President of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), a position he remained in for 11 years. Professor Yang at XJTLU...

13 May 2026

Professor Jingming Guo: Reimagining how mathematics is taught

If you only sat in on one of Professor Jingming Guo’s mathematics classes, you might not immediately realise that behind it lies something of the early teaching spirit of a young university. Profe...

12 May 2026

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