The school's predecessor was Tongzhou Normal School and Tonghai Agricultural School, which were founded on 1902 by Mr. Zhang Jian, a famous industrialist and educator in modern times. 1952 National colleges and departments were adjusted, and their agricultural science, literature and history disciplines moved westward to Yangzhou.

School teaching staff

By the end of June, 2022, there were more than 6,000 teaching and administrative staff, including 2,700 full-time teachers, 2,000 medical personnel, 400 teachers with senior titles 1.400, more than 3,500 doctoral and master's tutors, 2 academicians of China Academy of Engineering, 2 foreign academicians and 65,438 national key talent project A candidates (including youth).

There are 4 winners of the National Major Talent Project of the Ministry of Education, 7 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 5 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 2 Huang Danian-style teachers in national universities, national famous teachers 1 person, and national candidates for the "100 million talents project" 13 people.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yangzhou University