April 2018

• Signed Letter of Intent establishing the JLU-UQ Joint Research Centre for Future Materials

October 2018
• Hosted 9-member UQ delegation led by Prof. Alan Rowan (AIBN Dean)
• Participated in various academic activities of JLU-UQ Week

July 2019
• Signed JLU-UQ Joint Centre for Future Materials Agreement

Research Focus:

• Materials Chemistry & Engineering

• Energy Materials | Computational Materials Science

• Adaptive & Polymeric Nanomaterials, etc.

• Held UQ-JLU Research Symposium with the theme of "future materials" at UQ

September 2020
• Virtual Symposium addressed by:

• Prof. Zhang Xi (JLU President)

• Prof. Deborah Terry (UQ Vice-Chancellor)
  • Featured research talks from 7 faculty members:  Prof. Chengzhong Yu, Prof. Idriss Blakey, Prof. Ian Gentle from UQ, Prof. Lin Quan, Assoc. Prof. Wu Guanglu, Prof. Guan Buyuan from JLU

November 2023
• 4th Bilateral Symposium in Changchun:

• Focus: CO₂ electrocatalysis | Optoelectronic semiconductors

• Closing remarks by Prof. Alan Rowan (online)

2021-2023

• annual Tang Auchin Doctoral Forum

• 10+ UQ researchers & PhD candidates presented

• Chemistry-focused academic exchange

April 2024

• JLU Presidential delegation visited UQ Australia
• Conducted bilateral research symposium at UQ

October 2024
• Agreed to launch Joint PhD Program (2025 intake) in:

• Materials for Energy

• Materials for Health
  • Degree awarded by UQ with funding through China Scholarship Council (CSC)-UQ Joint Scholarship

November 2024
• Renewed "JLU-UQ Joint Centre for Future Materials" Agreement
• Held Young Scholars Symposium at JLU Frontiers in Clean Energy & Storage Technologies

November 2025

• 7 PhD students were awarded China Scholarship Council (CSC)-UQ Joint Scholarship, among whom three are JLU students.

December 2025

• Received  the 2026 CSC Project of Innovative Talent Cultivation via International Cooperarion ( Innovative Talent Cultivation for Future Materials).

Photos of Bilateral Symposia between JLU and UQ

1. JLU-UQ Workshop, October 16 to 17, 2018, Changchun

5. The 5^th JLU-UQ Research Symposium, April 11, 2024, Brisbane

6. JLU-UQ Young Scholars Symposium, November 14 to 16, 2024, Changchun