Jiangsu University is located in Zhenjiang, a national historical and cultural city, Jiangsu Province. It was approved by the Ministry of Education in August 20001and was formed by the merger of the former Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang Medical College and Zhenjiang Normal College, featuring engineering. It is a university jointly established by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the first batch of high-level universities in Jiangsu Province, the first batch of universities with excellent undergraduate teaching level in China, the first batch of 50 universities with typical experience in graduate employment, the first batch of universities with typical experience in innovation and entrepreneurship and the first batch of universities with quality certification for international students in China. It was selected into the national postgraduate project of building a high-level university and the national "key discipline project with characteristics".

The history of the school can be traced back to Sanjiang Normal School founded by Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong in 1902. Zhenjiang Agricultural Machinery College was independently established by Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University) in 1960, and was identified as one of the 88 key universities in China by the State Council in 198 1. As the earliest university in China to offer agricultural machinery specialty and systematically carry out agricultural machinery education, the school has trained the first batch of undergraduate, master and doctoral degrees in agricultural machinery in China. There is a graduate school.

As of April 20 19, the school covers an area of more than 3,000 mu, with a building area of10.2 million square meters; There are 25 colleges; Directly under the tertiary hospital1; More than 37,600 students; More than 2,600 full-time teachers; 2 national key disciplines, 1 national key (cultivation) disciplines; Six disciplines entered the top of ESI ranking in the world 1%. "20 19 evaluation of China university", the comprehensive ranking of the university is 4 1 in China.