Approved by the Ministry of Education in April 2003, Yangtze University was formed by the merger of Jianghan Petroleum College, Hubei Agricultural College, Jingzhou Normal College and Hubei Medical College of Health Workers. It is a comprehensive university and a key university in Hubei Province.
The school is located in Jingzhou, a famous historical and cultural city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Jingzhou has a long history and splendid culture. This is the birthplace of Chu culture and one of the concentrated places of the three kingdoms culture. It is the hometown of Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet, and also an important town in all previous dynasties.