Jiangsu Only Coffee College: Kunshan Coffee Industry Institute Approved

At a Glance (China Coffee Network): Recently, the Kunshan Coffee Industry Institute was approved as one of the nation’s first teaching units for the “Coffee Processing and Applied Technology” specialty, and is also the only institution in Jiangsu Province offering a dedicated coffee program.

Relying on two platforms—Suzhou University of Applied Technology and Kunshan Dengyun Vocational College of Science and Technology—the institute has established undergraduate and vocational training systems, providing solid talent and intellectual support for the high-quality development of the coffee and high-end food industries.

In March this year, the institute launched its first micro-specialty class, linking leading firms such as Yizheng Coffee to build a school-enterprise collaborative education model that cultivates hands-on industry talent. Recently the vocational program “Coffee Processing and Applied Technology” was formally approved; undergraduate-level coffee-related program applications are now being accelerated. In the future, it will train professionals for leading enterprises and café owners for society.

The institute’s vocational program “Coffee Processing and Applied Technology” will welcome its first freshmen this September. Focusing on the industry’s need for versatile talent and breaking the limits of single-skill training, it builds a full-chain, systematic curriculum. Core courses cover key links of the whole coffee industry chain—coffee industry overview, coffee processing and storage, coffee roasting craft, coffee sensory and cupping, espresso preparation, extraction and latte art, and creative beverage R&D—complemented by management and innovation courses such as café operations practice, digital marketing, customer-relationship management, and by-product utilization, realizing integrated “skill practice + quality-control R&D + operations management” training that precisely matches high-end industry needs.

“We have also set up coffee-specific classes within three majors—marketing, e-commerce, and modern logistics management—embedding coffee-industry courses to cultivate supporting-service talent in brand promotion, online operations, and warehousing and logistics, comprehensively improving the industry’s supporting-talent supply,” explained a responsible person at Dengyun Vocational College. Through the “core major + featured class” model, the institute effectively connects the upstream and downstream talent pipeline, fully adapting to the industry’s diversified, full-chain employment needs.

Beyond full-time degree talent, the Kunshan Coffee Industry Institute keeps extending its educational boundary and strengthening social-service functions, regularly offering inclusive training such as coffee micro-specialties, coffee night school, and coffee practical sessions for students and social learners alike. To date it has cultivated 58 degree students and 200 night-school learners, effectively enlarging the local coffee-skills workforce.

Wenhui Daily, author Fu Xinxin; Column editors Fan Bing, Zhang Yu

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