Founded in 1958, Huaiyin Teachers University, which was named Huaiyin Teachers College before 1997 (HYTU), is a state-running institution of higher education. It is located in the historic city of Huai'an, the hometown of late Premier Zhou Enlai.

Now the campus of it covers an area of over 142 hectare, with a floor space totaling 400,000 square meters. It provides 47 specialties for students of four-year bachelor programs and offers 42 four-year and three-year specialties for adult education. Current enrolment reaches 15,000 full-time students and more than 4000 adult students. It maintains advanced teaching facilities in its Computer Fine Arts Complex, the Digital Music Lab, the University Production Studio, the Radio Station with Satellite and TV Receivers。 The multi-functional library of 32000㎡, which is the biggest in Jiangsu province, possesses a collection of 1.17 million titles, and nearly 1770 national and international academic journals. It retains the University Journal and three additional University Publications. Jiangsu Provincial Government honored the University with three major awards, including the title of “Jiangsu Garden Campus University”.

Huaiyin Teachers University is among the first educational institutes in China authorized by the State Bureau of Foreign Experts, and began to retain the services of international teachers and scholars in 1985. It is also one of the governmental universities qualified to take in international students. An active international exchange programs maintain educational ties with the United States, Russia, Canada, Australia, South Korea and Malaysia. Now the university offers master degree programs in cooperation with other universities, at the same time, establishes friendly and intercollegiate cooperative links with many universities abroad. It regularly sends its teachers abroad for advanced studies and international exchange, sets up joint-educational program and other programs for international students abroad.