Yangtze University is located in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, a famous historical and cultural city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It is a comprehensive university with the most comprehensive disciplines and the largest scale among colleges and universities in Hubei Province, a key university in Hubei Province, and a national "Basic Capacity Building Project for Colleges and Universities in the Midwest".

The pilot universities of the Ministry of Education's outstanding engineer education and training program, outstanding agricultural and forestry talents education and training program, and outstanding doctoral education and training program are also universities established by the Hubei Provincial People's Government, China Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Corporation, China Petrochemical Group Corporation, and China Offshore Oil Corporation in cooperation with the Hubei Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Agriculture.