# Milestones

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# Milestones

## 2005/06

The President of the University of Michigan, Mary Sue Coleman, visited Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The two universities signed the Agreement on Establishing the UM-SJTU Joint Institute.

## 2006/4

 UM-SJTU Joint Institute was officially founded with the plaque unveiled.

## 2006/9

With the enrollment of the first 196 undergraduates, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute embarked on its international talents cultivation.

## 2010/3

JI was awarded the sixth National Teaching Achievement Award for Higher Education by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.

## 2010/5

The first Dual Degree undergraduates graduated from University of Michigan.

## 2010/8

The first UM-SJTU Joint Institute undergraduates graduated from SJTU.

## 2011/12

JI was recognized by Chinese government as National Model of Higher Education Reform

## 2012/4

JI was awarded the first model institute of Sino-foreign cooperative education by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission in Shanghai.

## 2012/6

Shanghai Jiao Tong University and University of Michigan signed a ten-year agreement on continuing the development of UM-SJTU Joint Institute.

## 2014/3

UM-SJTU Joint Institute became the first Chinese educational institute winning Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education presented by the Institute of International Education.

## 2016/4

JI Alumni Association was officially established.

## 2016/8

Mechanical Engineering program and Electrical and Computer Engineering program of UM-SJTU Joint Institute were accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET).

## 2018/5

The UM-SJTU Joint Institute held the opening ceremony of Long Bin Building. Shanghai Jiao Tong University and University of Michigan signed the second ten-year agreements.

## 2019/8

The tenth batch of undergraduates graduated from UM-SJTU Joint Institute.

## 2022/6

The Mechanical Engineering、Electrical and Computer Engineering and Material Science and Engineering programs of JI gained national first-class accreditation.

## 2022/11

JI established Everflow Fund and JI Student Leadership Program.

## 2023/4

SJTU inaugurates Tang Junyuan Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at JI

## 2023/6

For the second time, JI received First Prize of China’s National Teaching Achievement Award.

## 2023/9

The United States Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns visited JI and SJTU during a trip to Shanghai meeting with business, government and academic leaders.

## 2024/10

JI hosted the 10th meeting of the China-Foreign Joint Education Conference.

## 2025/4

JI inaugurated the Longbin Distinguished Seminar Series, featuring Professor Karl Henrik Johansson, Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, as the first keynote speaker.

## 2025/5

A delegation from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University led by President Ho Teck Hua visited JI.

## 2025/9

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Global College (abbreviated as GC), upgraded from JI, held its 2025 new student welcome ceremony.

## 2025/10

GC signed a Global Degree Pathways program agreement with the University of Waterloo at Long Bin Building.

## 2025/11

Dali Chen, Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges of the Ministry of Education, led a delegation to GC to review the college’s educational programs and provide guidance on its transitional development.

## 2025/12

Youqun Ren, Member of the CPC Leading Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education, led a delegation to Shanghai Jiao Tong University to conduct a research visit and hear a briefing on GC’s practices in internationalized education and the cultivation of globally oriented innovative talents.

## 2025/12

GC signed a cooperation agreement with the Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, to jointly establish a bachelor-to-doctor program, the first of its kind under GC’s Global Degree Pathway (GDP) program.

## 2026/1

SJTU signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Waterloo on cooperation covering multiple education models, including undergraduate dual-degree (2+2) program, graduate program, dual master’s program, and jointly supervised doctoral program.

## 2026/1

GC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese University of Hong Kong to jointly launch integrated bachelor-to-doctor programs under the Global Degree Pathways initiative.