Institute of Green Chemistry and Chemical Technology (IGCCT) of Jiangsu University was established in May 2015, with the aim of meeting the national medium and long-term strategic demand of the development of green chemistry and chemical technologies, with the long-term objectives of the establishment of national, provincial and ministerial key laboratories, building of an edge-cutting, international advanced and distinctive platform, and construction of a forward-based system of high-level talents training and new technological industrialization and commercialization.

IGCCT consists of four research divisions: separation science and technology, photochemical and catalytic chemistry and technology, green chemical process and environmental protection, analytical technologies and applications. The multidisciplinary team of IGCCT has 50 academic staffs, including 20 professors (15 PhD supervisors), 19 associate professor. Among them, 3 obtained the research funding from the National Excellent Youth Foundation of China and 1 from the Outstanding Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China, 2 New Century Talents of the Ministry of Education of China, 1 special engaged professor of Jiangsu Province of China, 3 Innovation and Creation Talents of Jiangsu Province of China, 2 ‘333’ high-level talents of Jiangsu Province of China, 5 ‘Six-peak’ high-level talents of Jiangsu Province of China, 2 middle-aged academic leaders of the ‘Qinglan’ program of the universities of Jiangsu Province of China, 3 middle-aged academic leaders of Jiangsu University, 7 excellent young core-teachers of Jiangsu University. The academic team was awarded a Top Ten Postgraduate Supervisor Team in 2018.

The development of IGCCT is based on the key disciplines of Chemistry of Jiangsu Province, the doctor's or master's degree authorization centers of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Environmental Science and Technology, oriented by the fundamental research, towards the application of advanced technologies as a priority, aiming to solve key technical challenges and problems in the fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, environment and energy. After several years of endeavor, IGCCT has gradually built unique academic features and advantages, with the successful approved Advanced Chemical Engineering Laboratory of Green Materials and New Energy of Jiangsu Province, Innovation and Creation Research Team of Jiangsu Province, Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Zhenjiang. Since establishment, IGCCT has undertaken more than 100 national and provincial research funds, including 3 National Excellent Youth Foundation of China, 24 National Natural Science Foundation of China, 20 National Natural Science Foundation of China Young researchers program, 1 China-Germany international collaboration program, 1 Outstanding Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Province, 1 Fok Ying Tung Educational Foundation, 2 New Century Talents Supporting Program of the Ministry of Education of China, 1 high-level Overseas Supporting Program of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China, 3 Innovation and Creation program of Jiangsu Province, with the total research funding of 50 million RMB. The research output has been awarded 3 second prize and 5 third prize of Jiangsu Province, 3 first prize, 4 second prize and 7 third prize of provincial and ministerial association. Published more than 700 SCI-indexed papers, including 280 JCR-1 and 220 JCR-2 papers, 47 ESI highly-cited papers. Applied 330 patents, in which 220 were approved.

IGCCT has established abroad collaborations with external organizations, signed long-term collaborative contracts with more than 10 reputable chemical companies in China, built fruitful collaboration with many international and domestic universities in the world, e. g. National University of Singapore, Stanford University, Atomically Resolved Dynamics Department of Max Planck Institute, Guizhou University, China University of Petroleum, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry of Chinese Academy of Sciences et al.