Jiangsu Normal University is located in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, the central city of Huaihai Economic Zone at the junction of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces. Huaihai Economic Zone covers an area of 65.438+0.78 million square kilometers and a population of 65.438+0.3 billion. It is a special region that spans four provinces and is highly related to economy and culture. Xuzhou, with a long history of more than 5,000 years, enjoys convenient transportation and numerous cultural heritages and places of interest, among which the Han culture represented by the "three wonders of the Han Dynasty"-the tomb of the Han Dynasty, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, and the stone reliefs of the Han Dynasty is the most striking. It is the hometown of Peng Zu, the originator of health preservation in China, and Liu Bang, the founding emperor of Han Dynasty.

Jiangsu Normal University was founded in Wuxi, Jiangsu, 1952. Lieutenant General Liu Xiansheng, who made outstanding achievements, was the first president. 1956 was approved by the State Council and transformed into a series of general higher education, and Jiangsu Normal University was established. 1958 The school moved to Xuzhou in the north, and 1959 merged with Xuzhou Normal University to form Xuzhou Normal University, which was the only undergraduate college in northern Jiangsu at that time. In the early 1960s, the layout of colleges and universities in China was adjusted, and the beloved Premier Zhou Enlai instructed: "Xuzhou has a vast territory and should have a university", so the school was preserved. Since then, the school has taken root in northern Jiangsu, worked hard and gradually developed. 1989, Xuzhou second normal college, founded in 1984, was merged into the school. 1996 With the approval of the former State Education Commission, the school was renamed Xuzhou Normal University. 65438-0999, xuzhou institute of technology, formerly under the Ministry of Coal, was merged into this school, which promoted the development of engineering specialty in this school. 20111approved by the Ministry of Education, the school was renamed Jiangsu Normal University.