into the national key subjects of the "211 Project". In 1998, the subject was admitted as one of the Jiangsu Province Key Subjects. In 1999, the School of Design was moved from the old campus to the West Hill Campus by Qianrong Road. In 2000, by approval of the National Education Committee, the former Light Industry University, the Jiangnan College, and the Wuxi Normal College were incorporated into the present Southern Yangtze University. In 2001, the Design & Art subject passed the examination of the first session of the "211 Project" by the experts of the National Education Committee. In 2002, the subject group of "Innovative System of Industrial Design" was arranged into the second session of the "211 Project". Approved by the National Education Committee, the second-degree subject "Practice & Theory of Systematic Product Design " instituted the Ph.D station.