Yangtze University

Yangtze University

长江大学
Type	Public
Established	April/2003
Students	38902
Location	Jingzhou and Wuhan , Hubei , China
Website	english.yangtzeu.edu.cn

Yangtze University (Chinese: 长江大学) or Yangtze U is a public research university in China, with campuses located in Jingzhou, Hubei, and in Wuhan, Hubei, established in April 2003. The university was formed by the amalgamation of four existing public university in the Jingzhou area: Jianghan Petroleum Institute (Chinese: 江汉石油学院), Hubei Agricultural College (Chinese: 湖北农学院), Jingzhou Normal College (Chinese: 荆州师范学院), and Hubei Provincial Medical College of Healthcare Workers (Chinese: 湖北省卫生职工医学院), taking over all functions and operations of these universities.

Yangtze University is known for its petroleum-related teaching programs and research capacities in China, as the former Jianghan Petroleum Institute was one of the major Chinese petroleum institutes. According to the "2022-2023 Best Global Universities Rankings - USNews.com", Yangtze University Rankings as:

1. 1712 in Best Global Universities (tie)
2. 633 in Best Global Universities in Asia (tie)
3. 236 in Best Global Universities in China (tie)

Notable faculty and alumni

• Zhang Yongyi (张永一), Vice Minister of the Ministry of Petroleum, Deputy General Manager of China National Petroleum Corporation, former director of the former Southwest Petroleum Institute
• Shohrat Zakir (雪克来提·扎克尔), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Party committee secretary, autonomous region people's government party secretary, chairman
• Li Fanrong (李凡荣), CNOOC Group members, deputy general manager, limited company CEO and president
• Liao Yongyuan (廖永远), General Manager of China National Petroleum Corporation

References

• https://english.yangtzeu.edu.cn/

External links

• http://www.yangtzeu.edu.cn (in Chinese)