Yangzhou University

University Description

Adopting the motto of “Perseverance and Self-reliance”, YZU’s education features a rich legacy in humanities, advantages in agricultural sciences, the integration of sciences and humanities, and a pluralistic development of various interdisciplines. Currently, there are 30,700 full-time undergraduate students and 16,200 postgraduate students on YZU campuses, including over 2,400 overseas students. Among the 2,700 full-time faculty members and over 2,000 medical staff, there are 2 Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. YZU’s 29 colleges offer 125 undergraduate programs, covering the 12 disciplines of philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management science and art. YZU has 3 national key disciplines, 21 doctoral programs, and 53 master’s programs. YZU’s overall competence as well as 11 disciplines, namely chemistry, plant and animal sciences, engineering, agricultural sciences, clinical medicine, material science, computer science, biology and biochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology, environment/ecology, microbiology have entered ESI’s top 1% among worldwide universities and research institutes. YZU has constructed over 50 platforms for teaching and scientific research that are of ministerial or provincial level or above, including a Joint International Laboratory and a Research Center for Regional and Cross-nation Studies, and has set up close cooperation and exchange relations with 286 higher education institutions and research institutes in 56 countries and regions.