The predecessor of the school is Tongzhou Normal School and Tonghai Agricultural School founded by educator Zhang Jian. Later, Yangzhou Normal College, Jiangsu Agricultural College, Yangzhou Institute of Science and Technology, Yangzhou Medical College, Jiangsu Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Jiangsu Business School merged to form Yangzhou University.

The campus of Yangzhou University covers an area of more than 6,000 mu, with a building area of 1, 4 1.7 million square meters. The total fixed assets of the school are 6.346 billion yuan, the total teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment are 65.438+38.2 billion yuan, the library has 3.969 million books, and it has a number of teaching, scientific research and practice bases such as directly affiliated hospitals, practice factories, experimental farms and animal hospitals.

Yangzhou University 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, and a class A construction university under the peak plan of high-level university construction in Jiangsu Province. It is the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units in China, and it is also the first merged university in China.

The school attaches great importance to innovation and development, with 1 international cooperation joint laboratories, 25 key (construction) laboratories at the Ministry and provincial level, 2 engineering technology research centers, public technology service centers and provincial collaborative innovation centers.

As of June, 2023, the school covers an area of more than 6,000 mu, with a building area of 1, 4 1, 000 square meters, fixed assets of 6.346 billion yuan, teaching and research instruments and equipment of 654,388+382 million yuan, and a library collection of 3.969 million books, which is directly under the 3A hospital 1.

There are 2 1 authorized doctoral degree points in first-class disciplines, 53 authorized master's degree points in first-class disciplines, 3 authorized doctoral degree points, 3 authorized master's degree points1category, 20 mobile postdoctoral stations, 3 national key disciplines (including training), and the top 1% disciplines of ESI in the world. There are more than 30,700 full-time undergraduates and more than 6200 doctoral and master students/kloc-0. There are more than 6,000 faculty members, including more than 2,900 full-time teachers and more than 2,200 medical staff.