Xi'an Jiaotong–Liverpool University

On 28 September 2004, Xi'an Jiaotong University and the University of Liverpool signed a cooperative agreement to set up XJTLU. Construction on the campus for the proposed university started in August 2005, and the university was inaugurated on 29 May 2006. About 160 undergraduates enrolled in the first year. This number has increased to around 9,000 students on campus and a further 3,000 at the University of Liverpool on "2+2 programmes". ==Campus==

Location The campus is situated in 111 Renai Road, Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District in Suzhou Industrial Park, 12 km east of the center of Suzhou, and 90 km west of Shanghai. The new XJTLU campus was constructed in the city of Taicang. North Campus The campus was developed in two phases, first focusing on the North Campus, which was completed in autumn 2013. The overall campus plan was designed by the American architecture firm Perkins and Will. The university's Central Building was opened in autumn 2013 and designed by the British-Asian architecture firm Aedas. It was nominated in the 2014 World Architecture Festival. South Campus The second development phase was focused on the South Campus, where building started in summer 2013. The first phase of the South Campus was opened to the public on 26 July 2016, to coincide with the university's 10th anniversary celebrations. British architects BDP were responsible for the design of the South Campus. ==Academics==

The Department of Architecture's BEng Architecture undergraduate degree programme is validated by the Royal Institute of British Architects for RIBA part I. The Master of Architectural Design MArchDes was validated at Part 2 level by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2016. The Department of Biological Sciences' undergraduate BSc Bio Sciences is accredited by the Royal Society of Biology. The International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at XJTLU was established in January 2013 by Professor Sarah Dixon, and currently has eight undergraduate programmes and eleven postgraduate programmes in the fields of management, economics, finance, accounting, finance and business. IBSS has received accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and in June 2018 was accredited by the EFMD Quality Improvement System. It also has accreditation and recognition from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), CPA Australia, and ICAEW. == References ==