Yancheng Teachers University (YCTU), affiliated to Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, is situated in the centre of Yancheng, a coastal city on the Yellow Sea. Dedicated to discovering and realizing the potential of the students, the University is ideally positioned to respond to the cultural, economic and educational environment in the 21st century.

The University provides 45 bachelor programmes (28 of which are non-pedagogy-oriented) for over 19,800 students, including 13,000 full-timers, in its 16 schools of Chinese Studies, Law and Politics, Social Sciences, Foreign Studies, Education, Music, Art, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, City Planning and Environmental Resources, Physical Education, Computer Science, Business and Economy, and a non-government-funded college—Huanghai College.

 YCTU covers an area of 160 hectare, with a floorage of over 500,000m?2. The University Library stocks collections in excess of 1,100,000 items and subscribes to some 1,300 journal titles. And the easy access to the Internet, the state-of-the-art teaching, living and sports facilities on the University’s three beautiful campuses makes a rich learning and living experience at the University.

YCTU always attaches great importance to educational reform and gives priority to educational quality. Since its founding, the University has won quite a few awards and titles at both the provincial and national levels.