The predecessor of Yangzhou University can be traced back to 1902. Tongzhou Normal School was founded by Mr. Zhang Jian, a famous industrialist and educator in modern China. It is a century-old prestigious school with a long history and outstanding reputation. The school's predecessor was the former Jiangsu Agricultural College and Yangzhou Normal College, which was developed on the basis of the literature and history of Nantong College (that is, private Nantong University) and Tongzhou Normal School. The other four universities involved in the merger also have an independent history of more than 60 years.
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Introduction of Yangzhou University
Yangzhou University, referred to as "Yang Da", is located in Yangzhou. It is a university jointly established by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Education, a key comprehensive university in Jiangsu Province, a high-level university supported by the construction plan of the top 100 provincial universities in China, a pilot university for comprehensive reform in Jiangsu Province, and the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units in China. Member of Jiangsu-Macau Portuguese-speaking University Cooperation Alliance and Jiangsu-UK 20+20 High-level University Cooperation Alliance.
It has been selected into the National Postgraduate Program for Building High-level Universities, the National Key Discipline Project with Characteristics, the National "11Plan", the Education and Training Plan for Outstanding Engineers, the Education and Training Plan for Outstanding Agricultural and Forestry Talents, the National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Plan, the New Engineering Research and Practice Project, the Scholarship for Overseas Students of China Government, the first batch of demonstration universities in China to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, and the National.
Yangzhou University was formerly known as Tongzhou Normal School and Tonghai Agricultural School founded by Zhang Jian in 1902. 1992 With the approval of the State Education Commission, Yangzhou University was formed by the merger of Yangzhou Normal College, Jiangsu Agricultural College, Yangzhou Institute of Science and Technology, Yangzhou Medical College, Jiangsu Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Jiangsu Business School.