Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) is an international joint venture university founded by Xi’an Jiaotong University in China and the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. As an independent Sino-foreign cooperative university, it captures the essence of both prestigious parent universities and is the first and only one of its kind approved by the Ministry of Education in China.

Thanks to this unique feature, XJTLU is an intellectual bridge between China and the rest of the world. As an expression of XJTLU, the central aim of the IMPRINT is to widen the reach of research and to facilitate academic dialogue between China and the world.