Jiangsu Agri-animal Husbandry Vocational College in Taizhou, Jiangsu province. [Photo/Jiangsu Agri-animal Husbandry Vocational College]

Jiangsu Agri-animal Husbandry Vocational College in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, ranked among the world's top 300 institutions in veterinary science in the 2026 ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects released on Sept 1, making it the only vocational college in China to achieve a place in the top 300.

The ranking covers nearly 20,000 subject entries at more than 2,000 universities across 96 countries and regions. Jiangsu province recorded 478 entries across 33 universities, ranking first nationwide in the number of listed subjects.

Veterinary science has been one of the college's main strengths since its founding in 1958. To more closely align professional training with industry needs, the college works with companies to develop courses that incorporate real-world production data and technical cases. It has also partnered with leading companies such as China Animal Husbandry Group, Wen's Foodstuff Group, Muyuan Foods, and CP Group to establish academies, employer-sponsored training classes and virtual teaching and research communities.

The college has also established an intellectual property operations center and worked with government bodies, industry organizations and enterprises to create an information-sharing platform. The platform connects companies' technological needs with the latest research achievements, helping match resources more precisely and efficiently.

The college has developed and promoted six new livestock and poultry breeds and 155 new technologies, formulated 23 standards, served 1,412 companies and trained 150,000 highly skilled farmers. Over the past five years, it has trained more than 30,000 innovative, highly skilled professionals, while maintaining a graduate employment and further-development rate above 96 percent.