Yangtze University. According to the information from official website of Jingzhou Education Bureau, there is only one university in Jingzhou, namely Yangtze University. Jingzhou, known as Jiangling in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province and an important member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It is located in central and southern Hubei, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the hinterland of Jianghan Plain, with a land area of 1.4 1.000 square kilometers and a total population of 6.9 million.