Jiangnan University (simplified Chinese: 江南大学; traditional Chinese: 江南大學; pinyin: Jiāngnán Dàxué) formerly Southern Yangtze University, SYTU) is a university located in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. It is a key national university of the “Project 211” and is directly under the Chinese Ministry of Education.. The distinguished disciplines are industrial design in school of design, food science and technology and fermentation engineering in School of biotechnology. Jiangnan University was known as Wuxi University of Light Industry before 2001. The main campus was located at Heleikou, Wuxi.