江苏大学坐落在历史文化名城镇江，是国内最早设立农机专业、最早系统开展农机教育的高等学校，具备雄厚的农机科研实力和深厚的农机文化底蕴。

根据ESI排名，在中国大陆大学的总体排名中，JSU从2016年的65所上升到2021年的46所。在2021年世界大学排名中，JSU在中国大陆所有大学中排名58，在QS亚洲大学排名2021中，JSU排名48。9个学科在ESI全球排名前1%。工程、材料科学、临床医学、化学、农业科学、药理学与毒理学、生物与生物化学、环境生态学、分子生物学与遗传学，其中工程类排名前0.76‰，化学类排名前1.22‰，材料科学排名前1.82‰，临床医学排名前3.41‰。

江苏大学现有97个本科课程、213个硕士课程和64个博士课程。项目涵盖12个学术领域：工程、农业、科学、医学、管理、经济、医学、法律、教育、文学、艺术和历史。学校拥有13个博士后研究站。

江苏大学一直在推动高水平学科建设。近5年来，政府和企业共资助科研经费41.06亿元。自2016以来，JSU已成功地在国家自然科学基金项目中共申请了847个项目，连续六年位居中国大陆50所高校以内。

江苏大学优先考虑国际化，鼓励教师和学生出国深造，邀请更多全球人才加入，互惠互利，促进国际研究合作，并招收更多海外学生。2021年8月，JSU与54个国家和地区的207所大学建立了合作伙伴关系，其中包括著名的伊利诺伊大学、昆士兰大学、麦克里大学、新南威尔士大学等。

随着越来越多的人对中国语言和文化产生兴趣，JSU与格拉茨大学（奥地利）共同建设了孔子学院，孔子学院自2010年10月起一直运作顺畅，随后开通了中德合作语言文化中心。

如今，国际多边合作备受重视，江苏大学发起并参与了多个国际联盟，以促进学习和研究。学校被推选为江苏—英国高水平大学20+20联盟首轮江苏方轮值主席单位及秘书处常设单位和农业工程大学国际联盟理事长单位。

Located in the city of Zhenjiang, one of the Famous Historical and Cultural Cities of China, Jiangsu University is one of the earliest universities to have offered the Program of Agricultural Machinery and to have conducted a systematic education in agricultural machinery in China. We are both strong in scientific research into agricultural machinery and have created a profound culture in agricultural machinery.

According to ESI Ranking, JSU rose from 65 in 2016 to 46 in 2021 in the general ranking among Chinese Mainland's universities（there are more than 2,600 universities in Chinese Mainland）. In THE World University Ranking 2021, JSU ranked 58 of all universities in Chinese Mainland, and in QS Asian University Ranking 2021, JSU ranked 48. 9 disciplines have been ranked as top 1% globally in ESI. They are Engineering, Materials Science, Clinical Medicine, Chemistry, Agricultural Science, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Biology & Biochemistry, Environmental Ecology and Molecular Biology & Genetics, among which the best are Engineering ranked as top 0.76‰, Chemistry as top 1.22‰, Materials Science as top 1.82‰ and Clinical Medicine as 3.41‰.

JSU offers 97 undergraduate programs, 213 master programs, and 64 PhD programs. The programs cover 12 academic fields: Engineering, Agriculture, Science, Medicine, Management, Economics, Medicine, Law, Education, Literature, Art and History. The university has 13 post-doctoral research stations.

JSU has been promoting high-level research. In the recent 5 years, the total scientific research fund amounts to 4.106 billion RMB, sponsored by governments and enterprises. Since 2016, JSU has succeeded in applying for 847 projects in total from the National Natural Science Foundation, ranking among the top 50 universities in Chinese Mainland for six consecutive years.

JSU gives priorities to internationalization, encouraging faculty members and students to go abroad for further studies, inviting more global talents to join for mutual benefits, promoting international research collaboration as well as recruiting more overseas students.By August 2021, JSU has set up cooperation partnership with 207 universities in 54 countries and regions, among which several well-known universities are included, like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The University of Queensland, Macquarie University, University of New South Wales, The University of Western Australia, etc.

With more and more people getting interested in Chinese language and culture, JSU co-built with University of Graz (Austria) a Confucius Institute which has been operating smoothly since October 2010, followed by the opening of the collaborative Chinese-German Language and Culture Center.

International multilateral cooperation is nowadays so much valued that JSU initiated and participated in several international alliances to promote study and research. JSU is the first Rotating Chair and Permanent Secretariat of Jiangsu-Side of Jiangsu-UK World-Class University Consortium and the Chair of the International University Consortium for Agricultural Engineering.