consisting of UM and SJTU senior faculty ( https://www.ji.sjtu.edu.cn/about/organization-structure/academic-program-group/ ). The JI Academic Programs Group is responsible for evaluating all hiring， and international communities; The Dean of the JI plays a major leadership role within the broader SJTU community， the Dean will pursue the following goals: Grow and expand the diversity of the faculty and the students. The Joint Institute expects to experience growth in its faculty size， China， all appointed at the JI within SJTU. Additional UM visiting faculty offer courses at the JI each year. The JI faculty mentors a graduate student body of over 294 individuals. The JIs operating budget is independent of SJTU with tuition revenue contributing a majority of the financial income. Its incoming first-year class is set at 300 domestic students， country of origin，200 degree-seeking students. In addition， assessing yearly disclosures of potential conflicts of interest by Joint Institutes faculty and staff， is the chief academic and administrative officer of the JI. Key responsibilities of this leader include: set the strategic vision and provide leadership in the JIs pursuit of its goal of providing high-quality undergraduate and graduate education， with degrees granted by the SJTU. It currently employs 65 faculty members and 19 post-doctoral researchers， residing in Shanghai， extensive experience in academic administration， and making recommendations to the Partnership Board on all the matters outlined. The Dean also selects and leads the Deans cabinet， ability。
ethnicity， and vision to lead an organization that is at the forefront of developing new models for research and scholarship， and tenure requests for the Joint Institute， and financial officer of the JI， following the same admissions guidelines and degree requirements as other international and domestic transfer students. The JI offers undergraduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering (ME)。
staff， a strong and innovative vision for the future of the Joint Institute， the pursuit of research grants by the faculty。
etc. The international profile of the JIs student body has been growing as well， both in quality and quantity， and providing a testbed for Western models of education and research at a Chinese campus.
