The discipline of food science at Jiangnan University (JU) derived from the Department of Food Technology, Nanjing Institute of Technology founded in 1952. With the unremitting efforts made by generations of faculties, the Discipline of JU, compared with its counterparts in China, has gradually risen to fame, boasting the longest history, the soundest research foundation, and the broadest coverage of academic areas. In 2007, the School of Food Science and Technology, JU, developed the Discipline into a national first-level key discipline, the only one in China’s food industry. Furthermore, in September 2017, the discipline of food science and engineering was listed in the national construction plan of world-class universities and first-class disciplines, which is known as the “Double First-Class” initiative. Besides, the undergraduate program of food science and engineering was IFT-approved with International Food Science Certification issued in 2011 and 2016 respectively. According to the latest ESI, JU’s discipline of agriculture science, 85% of which is contributed by the discipline of food science, is ranked in the top 0.5‰ worldwide.