Yangzhou University, referred to as "Yang Da", is located in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It is a university jointly established by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Education. It is a key comprehensive university in Jiangsu Province, a Class A construction university in Jiangsu Province's high-level university construction peak plan, the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units in China, the first jointly-run university in China, and a member of Jiangsu-UK high-level university alliance. It has successively been selected into the national "11/plan", the national public postgraduate plan for building a high-level university, the national key discipline plan for building a university, 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 national demonstration universities for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, and

Yangzhou University was formerly known as Tongzhou Normal School and Tonghai Agricultural School founded by Zhang Jian in 1902. 1952 National colleges and departments were adjusted, and their agricultural science, literature and history disciplines moved westward to Yangzhou. 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.