Yangzhou University, referred to as "Yang Da", is located in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It is a university jointly established by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Education, a key comprehensive university in Jiangsu Province, a Class A construction university in the peak plan of high-level university construction in Jiangsu Province, the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units in China, and the first university in China to run a school in a combined way.
The school's predecessor was Tongzhou Normal School and Tonghai Agricultural School, which were founded by Mr. Zhang Jian, a famous industrialist and educator in modern times from 65438 to 0902. During the adjustment of departments in China from 65438 to 0952, its departments of literature and history and agriculture moved to Yangzhou to run schools, becoming the predecessors of Yangzhou Normal University and Jiangsu Agricultural College. 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.
By June 2023, 65438+ 10, the campus covers an area of more than 6,000 mu, the school building area is1417,000 square meters, the fixed assets are 6.346 billion yuan, the teaching and research instruments and equipment are13.82 million yuan, and the library has 3.969 million books. There are 2 1 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, 3 authorized points for master's degrees1category, and 20 post-doctoral mobile stations.