扬州大学坐落于国家首批历史文化名城扬州，是江苏省人民政府和教育部共建高校、江苏省属重点综合性大学、江苏高水平大学全国百强省属高校建设计划支持高校，全国首批博士、硕士学位授予单位。学校前身是1902年由近代著名实业家、教育家张謇先生创办的通州师范学校和通海农学堂，至今已有近120年历史。
学校学科门类齐全。设有29个二级学院和1个独立学院，124个本科专业，涵盖哲学、经济学、法学、教育学、文学、历史学、理学、工学、农学、医学、管理学、艺术学等12大学科门类。全校普通全日制本科生29000多人，各类博、硕士研究生15200多人。现有一级学科博士学位授权点21个，一级学科硕士学位授权点50个，博士专业学位类别3个，硕士专业学位类别27个，博士后流动站20个；化学、植物与动物科学、工程学、农业科学、临床医学、材料科学、计算机科学等7个学科的ESI排名进入全球大学和科研机构前1%。学校师资质态持续优化。全校现有教职员工6000多人，其中专任教师2500多人，医护人员1900多人，具有高级职称教师1300多人，博、硕士生导师3100多人，中国工程院院士2人、外籍院士2人。学校科研创新能力持续提升。拥有国际合作联合实验室1个，教育部区域国别研究中心（备案名单）1个，部、省级重点（建设）实验室24个和工程技术研究中心、公共技术服务中心、研究院（基地）33个，省级协同创新中心2个，国家技术转移示范机构1个、国家级科技特派员创业培训基地1个。目前承担各级各类科研项目2300多项，年科技总经费8.2亿多元，共有16项成果荣获国家科学技术奖二等奖。学校国际交流合作持续推进。依托中非高校20+20合作计划、中阿10+1高教合作、中国—东盟教育培训中心、江苏-澳门·葡语国家大学合作联盟、江苏•英国20+20高水平大学合作联盟等项目和平台，先后与56个国家（地区）的281所高校和研究机构建立校际交流合作关系。学校获批全国首个海外惠侨工程中餐繁荣基地，获得国家创新型人才国际合作培养项目2个，国家优秀本科生国际交流项目44个，获批国家高端外国专家引智项目35项。学校具有招收外国留学生（包括接受政府奖学金外国留学生）的资格，广泛开展留学扬大行动计划，海外学生2400多人，生源国68个，2所孔子学院、1所孔子课堂4次获评全球孔子学院先进集体。
Yangzhou University (YZU) is a key comprehensive university jointly constructed by Jiangsu provincial government and Ministry of Education, and one of the first among colleges and universities authorized to grant master and doctoral degrees. The history of YZU can be traced back to as early as 1902, when Mr. Zhang Jian, a renowned modern entrepreneur and educator, set up Tongzhou Private Teachers’ School and Tonghai Agricultural School.
YZU is now running on a large scale with a wide range of disciplines. YZU offers 124 bachelor's programs, 77 master's programs, 24 doctoral programs on campus, and holds 20 post-doctoral programs both in and off campuses, which covers 12 disciplines including philosophy, economy, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management and arts. Now there are more than 29,000 undergraduates and 15,200 postgraduates studying at YZU. 7 disciplines, namely, Chemistry, Plant and Animal Sciences, Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Material Science and Computer Science have entered ESI top 1% among worldwide universities and scientific research institutions. There are now over 6,000 faculty and staff, including 2,500 faculties and 1,900 medical staff members. More than 1,300 are senior faculties and 3,100 are master and doctoral supervisors. YZU also has 2 academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering and 2 foreign academician. YZU has also established an international joint laboratory.
YZU attaches great importance to international cooperation and exchanges, and it has set up close cooperation and exchange relations with over 281 higher education institutions and research institutes in 56 countries and regions. Now there are over 2400 overseas students from 68 countries pursuing their academic dreams at YZU.
