江南大学生物工程学院是我国工业生物技术领域，特别是发酵工程学科，最具品牌影响力和竞争力的高等学府之一。其学科源远流长，为中国发酵工程学科的诞生地，名校名师荟萃，他们的科学思想与学术风范，激励一代代生工人屡创佳绩。建立了我国第一个发酵工程国家重点学科。2009年教育部公布的一级学科评比中，“轻工技术与工程”（发酵工程）排名全国第一。

　　生物工程学院建立了我国发酵工程学科最完整的高端人才培养体系，培养了中国第一个发酵工程的本科生、硕士生、博士生、博士后与外国留学生。目前在校本科生800多名，研究生近600名。

　　生物工程学院形成了本领域完整的国家级拔尖人才师资队伍，包括工程院院士，国家杰出青年基金获得者，“长江学者”特聘教授，国家中青年专家，国家百千万人才、国家政府津贴获得者、教育部新世纪优秀人才等。专任教师中70%为高级职称，70%具有交叉学历或一年以上海外高访背景，45岁以下中青年教师70%具有博士学位。为教育部“长江学者与创新团队”计划支持单位。学院两次被评为江苏省高校优秀学科梯队。

　　生物工程学院围绕食品、能源、资源和环境等重大问题开展对国民经济发展具有重要理论意义和应用价值的研究，具有很强的科技创新力，在研一大批国家973、863、支撑与攻关及国家自然科学基金项目，近年来获国家科技进步奖、发明奖3项，科研成果50%转化为生产力。为我国生物技术产业重要的技术依托和政策制定单位之一。

　　生物工程学院建有一批国家及部省级的平台与基地，生物工程专业为国家特色专业、江苏省首批品牌专业，建有国家生命科学技术人才培养基地、发酵技术国家工程中心，国家微生物资源信息平台、工业生物技术教育部重点实验室等，为学科建设、人才培养奠定了厚实的基础，成为我国此领域科学研究和学术交流的重要基地之一。

　　生物工程学院建有一批国家级优质的教学资源，国家人才培养基地，国家级人才培养模式创新实验区、国家教学团队、国家精品课程、国家双语课程、国家规划教材等，特色鲜明，实力雄厚。

　　生物工程学院与美国、日本、法国、加拿大、荷兰、韩国等多所国立大学建立了密切的科研合作关系，是国内工业生物技术学术交流中心，为学生们创造了浓郁的学术氛围，提供了多条成才之路。

　　生物工程学院素有“中国酿酒工程师摇篮” 的美誉，以培养了一大批杰出的酿造界企业家和职业经理人为自豪！和国内30多家上市公司为代表的工业界，建立了长期的科研合作与人才培养的合作关系。培养的学生具有较好的创新能力和素养，屡获全国大学生“挑战杯”和江苏省创业大赛特等奖、一等奖。毕业生具有良好的社会美誉度，本科生40%攻读硕士或出国，就业状况供不应求，深受企业欢迎。

　　21世纪是生命科技的世纪，生命科学是未来最有可能改变世界及人类生活方式的前沿学科，也是公认的全球经济发展的新动力；生物工程学院将以勇于创新、敢为人先的精神，与时俱进、团结拼搏，努力在科研水平、人才培养、学科建设等方面做出新的成绩，为加快我国生物技术产业的发展而奋斗。

　　The School of Biotechnology at Jiangnan University， especially the fermentation engineering program， is one of the most influential and competitive research institutes in China. The School is also the birthplace of fermentation engineering program in China， where the very first Fermentation Engineering State Key Discipline was established in China. In 2009， the “Light Industrial Technology/Engineering （Fermentation Engineering）” ranked No. 1 in the national Class I disciplines evaluation.

　　The School has the most competitive fermentation engineering program personnel training system in China， where the very first bachelor， master， PhD， Post-Doc， and foreign student graduated. Around 800 undergraduate and 600 graduate students are currently enrolled in the School.

　　The School also has top scientists and researchers team， including member of Chinese Academy of Engineering， winner of the “National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars”， “Cheung Kong Scholar”， “State Young Experts”， “National Hundred， Thousand and Ten Thousand Talent”， winners of “Special Government Allowance”， “New Century Elitists of the State Ministry of Education”. Among the faculties， 70% of them have advanced professional titles， 70% of them have interdisciplinary background or oversea academic visiting experiences， and 70% of young faculty under age of 45 has PhD degree. The School is supported by the Ministry of Education as “Cheung Kong Scholar and innovative team” and awarded twice as “excellent discipline echelon of higher education institutes of Jiangsu Province”.

　　The research of the School focuses on major issues including food， energy， resource， and environment， which are crucial for the national economic development. Many research projects are supported by the national “973” plan， “863” plan， and National Natural Science Foundation. Recent achievements include three honors of “the Awards of State Science and Technology Progress”， and “the Awards of the State Science and Technology Innovation”. Around 50% of scientific research achievements of the School have been converted into productivity. The School is also one of the technology development and decision making basis of the biotechnology industry community.

　　The School hosts a number of national and provincial research platforms and centers， including National Life Science Technology Talent Training Center， National Fermentation Engineering Technology Center， National Microbiology Resource Information Center， Industrial Biotechnology State Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education， which provide strong support for the discipline development and professional personnel training.

　　The School has a complete set of national excellent teaching resource， national personnel training center， national talents innovative experiment training program， national excellent courses， national bilingual courses.

　　The School has extensive research collaboration with Universities in US， Japan， France， Canada， the Netherlands， and Korea， offering an open academic environment to the students.

　　The School is also known as “the cradle of brewing engineer in China”， many outstanding enterprisers and managers in brewing industry were graduated from the School. The School has long-term research collaboration and personnel training partnership with the industry community represented by over 30 Listed Companies. Students of the School won "The National Challenge Cup" and “Jiangsu Business plan contest” in recent years. Over 40% of undergraduate students continue pursuing master degree or studying abroad. The students graduated from the School are also popular on the job market.

　　The 21th century is regarded as the century of life science and technology， which is the most promising frontier for human life and global economic development. The School aims to promote the development of research， personnel training， discipline construction， and make contributions to the biotechnology industry community in China.