Yancheng Institute of Technology is a full-time public institution of higher learning under the Jiangsu Provincial Government. It is located in Yancheng city, an opening-up coastal city renowned as “oriental wetland inhabited by red-crowned cranes and milu deer”. YIT has two campuses; one is in East Jianjun Avenue, the other in Middle Xiwang Avenue.

Founded in 1958, YIT has been developing rapidly since the mid-1990s. It has been committed to developing advanced application-oriented talents whom the society needs. YCIT has been playing an important role in the regional economic growth through cultivating talents and providing intellectual support.

YIT has 19 academic schools with 65 undergraduate programs with distinct features, offering multidisciplinary education in engineering, sciences, agriculture, economics, management, humanities while giving prominence to engineering.YIT now has 20000 plus undergraduate students and 191 postgraduate students from 31 provinces, cities at provincial level, and autonomous regions in China. YIT covers an area of 151 hectares with floor space 592 thousand square meters. YIT has 1500 plus working staff with 1200 teachers, among whom, 600 are full and associate professors or similar academic titles, 505 have or are pursuing doctorate degrees, 135 are postgraduate supervisors. 

YIT has so far had exchange and cooperation with more than 30 colleges and universities from such countries as USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Australia, Japan, South Korea, as well as regions like Taiwan, Hong Kong. We are running three collaborative programs approved by Ministry of Education of China, respectively with University of Greenwich in the UK, and University of Detroit Mercy in the USA. YIT is jointly supervising postgraduates with Moncton University from Canada. We also have a wide coverage of student exchange programs, typically with Gdańsk University of Technology，University of Applied Science Zwickau, Hong Kong Polytechnic University，Tam Kang University from Taiwan, University of California Riverside from USA, Woosuk University，Gangneung-Wonju National University and Kookmin University from South Korea.