Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Working, teaching, and research at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

XJTLU aims to bring together the best practice from its parent universities, Xi’an Jiaotong University and the University of Liverpool, and aspires to be a leading research-led university that combines a strong international profile with an unswerving commitment to the economic and social development of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province and China.

XJTLU has identified the following research themes that reflect the nature and capacity of our university and our commitment to inter-disciplinarity:

• Energy futures: social and technological choices
• Living in the digital age: human-computer interaction, design, social networks
• Finance, risk and hazard management
• Sustainable urbanization
• Health technologies in society
• Emerging economies
• Diagnostic markers, therapeutic targets, and drug discovery
• Languages, communication and culture
• Nanotechnology and new materials

The number of XJTLU’s patent applications has been increasing year over year. As of 31 December 2024, XJTLU had applied for a total of 618 patents. The majority of these (598) were applied for in China, and the remaining 20 were applied for internationally via PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty), 8 of them has been entered the national stage. The number of patent applications has increased year by year, and 264 patents have been authorized.

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