The school covers an area of more than 6,000 mu, with a building area of 1.6 million square meters. The school covers philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, art and other disciplines 12, with 2/kloc-0 authorized points for doctoral degrees in first-class disciplines, 53 authorized points for master's degrees in first-class disciplines, 3 authorized points for doctoral degrees and 3 authorized points for master's degrees. There are 4 1 national first-class undergraduate specialty construction sites. The school has more than 6000 faculty members.
The school's predecessor was Tongzhou Normal School and Tonghai Agricultural School, which were founded on 1902 by Mr. Zhang Jian, a famous industrialist and educator in modern times. 1952 National colleges and departments were adjusted, and their agricultural science, literature and history disciplines moved westward to Yangzhou. 1992 With the approval of the State Education Commission, Yangzhou University was formed by the merger of Yangzhou Normal College, Jiangsu Agricultural College, Yangzhou Institute of Science and Technology, Yangzhou Medical College, Jiangsu Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Jiangsu Business School.