Yangtze University, referred to as "Growing Up", 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 among provincial universities in Hubei Province. It is a key university in Hubei Province, approved as a "double-first-class" university in Hubei Province, and selected as the national "Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in the Midwest".
The Ministry of Education's excellent engineer education and training plan, excellent agricultural and forestry talents education and training plan and excellent doctoral education and training plan are pilot universities, Hubei Provincial People's Government, China Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Company, China Petrochemical Group Company, China Offshore Oil Corporation and the Ministry of Agriculture jointly build universities, Hubei Provincial Education Department and Jingzhou City jointly build universities, and national model universities deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education.