Recently, learned from Università degli Studi di Padova（UPD）in Italy, European Erasmus+ Program for Higher Education Inter-Agency Student and Staff Exchange Agreement (2018-2020), which was applied by Jiangsu University and Università degli Studi di Padova has been approved by European Commission.

Erasmus Program (European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) is a student exchange program established in Europe in 1987. On this basis, in 2014 the European Commission created the Erasmus+, an exchange program for all current education, training and youth sports. According to the Erasmus Impact study, graduates of the Erasmus+ program pay much higher than the average in the job market. Erasmus+ not only helps to improve the future, but also provides students with a broader perspective and connections to the world.

In recent years, Jiangsu University has carried out close and fruitful exchanges and cooperation with Università degli Studi di Padova in Italy, and signed two memorandums on the comprehensive inter-university cooperation agreement. They also have carried out substantial work in the joint training of graduate students, the construction of laboratories, and the exchange of teachers, which achieved remarkable results. They trained the first Chinese and foreign double-degree doctoral students, and the courses offered by visiting professors were selected into the postgraduate training program of Jiangsu University.

The agreement’s approval will further support the comprehensive cooperation between the universities in the joint training of graduate students, mutual visits of teachers, joint laboratories. And it promotes the construction of the International Joint Research Center for Fluid Engineering Equipment Energy Conservation Technology.At the same time, it will further expand Jiangsu University's extensive influence in Europe and the world, and enhance the level of international cooperation and exchange.