Yangtze University, located in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, is a key university in Hubei Province. It is a national "Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in the Midwest" and a "National First-class University Building University" in Hubei Province. It is also a joint venture between Hubei Provincial People's Government, China Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation and China Petrochemical Corporation.
China Offshore Oil Corporation, Hubei Provincial People's Government, China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hubei Provincial Department of Education, Jingzhou City.
It was selected into the excellent engineer education and training program of the Ministry of Education, the excellent agricultural and forestry talents education and training program, the excellent doctor education and training program, the new engineering research and practice project, the scholarship receiving institution of China government for overseas students, and the national demonstration university for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform.
In April 2003, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, it was formed by the merger of Jianghan Petroleum College, Hubei Agricultural College, Jingzhou Normal College and Hubei Medical College of Health Workers.
The former Jianghan Petroleum Institute was formerly known as 1950, the Beijing Institute of Petroleum Technology, and 1978 began to hold general undergraduate education, belonging to China Oil and Gas Group.
Since 2000, the central and local governments have implemented * * * construction and handed it over to Hubei Province for management; Hubei Agricultural College, Jingzhou Teachers College and Hubei Medical College of Health Workers were founded in 1977, 1936 and195/year respectively.
As of March 2022, the school covers an area of 5 1 18 mu, with a building area of10.058 million square meters, fixed assets of 3.294 billion yuan, teaching and research instruments and equipment with a total value of 832 million yuan, and 4.33 million paper books in the library.
There are 3 post-doctoral research stations, 3 first-class disciplines authorized by doctoral degrees, 38 first-class disciplines authorized by master's degrees, 9 categories authorized by professional master's degrees, and 107 undergraduate majors. There are 3 196 faculty members, 32,777 full-time undergraduates, 5,325 full-time doctoral and master students, and more than 800 international students in China.