Yangtze River University, referred to as "Growth", is located in Jingzhou, 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 colleges and universities in Hubei Province, a key university in Hubei Province, a "double-first-class" university in Hubei Province, a national "Basic Capacity Building Project for Central and Western Universities" university, and an excellent engineer education and training plan of the Ministry of Education.

Excellent agricultural and forestry talents education and training plan, excellent doctoral education and training plan, and new engineering research and practice projects were selected into colleges and universities. Hubei Provincial People's Government, China Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Corporation, China Petrochemical Group Corporation, China Offshore Oil Corporation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs set up universities, Hubei Provincial Department of Education and Jingzhou City set up universities, and national model universities deepened the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education.

By the end of 20 19 and 1 6, Yangtze University had 2 dominant disciplines in Hubei Province, 8 provincial key disciplines and 8 provincial key (cultivation) disciplines. There are 3 first-level disciplines authorized by doctor's degree, 15 authorized by two disciplines doctor's degree, and 2 post-doctoral research stations; There are 23 first-level disciplines authorized for master's degree, 28 authorized for master's degree in two disciplines 128, and 7 authorized points for master's degree.

By the end of 20 19 and 1 year, Yangtze University had established school-enterprise (local) cooperative relations with 40 domestic oil enterprises, 82 governments and local enterprises at or above the county level, and it has successively established cooperative relations with nearly 40 universities in the United States, Britain, Ireland, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Australia, Taiwan Province Province and other countries and regions, and carried out cooperative exchanges. Sending overseas students to the United States, Britain, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Russia and other countries; At the same time, it has enrolled international students in 26 countries including the United States, Canada, South Korea, Vietnam, Pakistan, Jordan, Nepal and Ghana.

The history of Yangtze University can be traced back to the establishment of Beijing Institute of Petroleum Technology in 1950. In 1978, it was renamed Jianghan Petroleum Institute, and began to hold general undergraduate education, which was affiliated to China Oil and Gas Corporation. In April 2003, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, the former Jianghan Petroleum College, Hubei Agricultural College, Jingzhou Normal College and Hubei Medical College of Health Workers merged to form Yangtze University. In 2006, the school was granted the right to confer doctoral degrees.