Yangtze University (Yangtze U, ) is a provincial public university with campuses in

Jingzhou Jingzhou () is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei province, China, located on the banks of the Yangtze River. Its total residential population was 5,231,180 based on the 2020 census, 1,068,291 of whom resided in the built-up (''or metro' ...

and

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. The university was established by the incorporation of four public colleges: Jianghan Petroleum Institute (), Hubei Agricultural College (), Jingzhou Normal College (), and Hubei Provincial Medical College of Health Workers () in 2003. The university's traditional campus is in Jingzhou, with the new campus in Wuhan. 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: #1712 in Best Global Universities (tie) #633 in Best Global Universities in Asia (tie) #236 in Best Global Universities in China (tie) https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/yangtze-university-529494

Notable faculty and alumni

* Zhang Yongyi (), 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 Shohrat Zakir ( ug, شۆھرەت زاكىر; born August 1953) is an ethnic Uyghur politician of China and the former Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and the Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of Xinjiang from ...

(), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Party committee secretary, autonomous region people's government party secretary, chairman *

Li Fanrong Li Fanrong is the chief executive officer (CEO) of China National Offshore Oil Corporation, a state-owned Chinese oil and gas producer, and a Fortune Global 500 The ''Fortune'' Global 500, also known as Global 500, is an annual ranking of the top ...

(), CNOOC Group members, deputy general manager, limited company CEO and president *

Liao Yongyuan Liao Yongyuan (; born 1962) is a former Chinese business executive. He was the president of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), which is the oil giant of China. Liao is also nicknamed "Northwest Tiger" (). On March 15, 2015, Liao Yongyu ...

(), General Manager of China National Petroleum Corporation

References

External links

*http://english.yangtzeu.edu.cn/list.php?fid=60 *http://www.yangtzeu.edu.cn Universities and colleges in Wuhan 1950 establishments in China Educational institutions established in 1950 {{China-university-stub