Changzhou Hohai University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Water Resources, the State Oceanic Administration and the People's Government of Jiangsu Province.

Hohai University is a national key university with a history of more than 100 years, featuring water conservancy, focusing on engineering and coordinated development of multiple disciplines. It is a university that implements the national "2 1 1 project" key construction, the construction of national dominant discipline innovation platform, the construction of first-class disciplines and the establishment of graduate schools.