Yangzhou University

Yangzhou University

扬州大学
Type	Public
Established	1992
President	Jiao Xin'an (焦新安)
Undergraduates	26,000 (2019)
Location	Yangzhou , Jiangsu ,  People's Republic of China
Campus	Urban
Website	www.yzu.edu.cn

Yangzhou University (YZU; simplified Chinese: 扬州大学; traditional Chinese: 揚州大學; pinyin: Yángzhōu Dàxué) is a public university in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. It grew out of a merger in 1992 of six local colleges. The university offers undergraduate and graduate programs.

Jiangsu Province Government proceeded to merge Jiangsu Agriculture College (江苏农学院), Yangzhou Teachers' College (扬州师范学院), Yangzhou Institute of Technology (扬州工学院), Yangzhou Medical College (扬州医学院), Jiangsu Water Conservancy College (江苏水利工程专科学校) and Jiangsu Commerce College (江苏商业专科学校) into a new university in 1988. It was implemented in 1992.^[1][2]

In September 2015, the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China jointly issued the Opinions of the Ministry of Education of the People's Government of Jiangsu Province on the Co-construction of Yangzhou University, which became a provincial and ministerial co-construction university.^[3][4]

YZU offers its undergraduates 92 programs covering 11 disciplines, through its 26 schools:

• Suqian College 2nd dept. sponsored by
• Yangzhou University