常州工学院创建于1978年，是教育部批准成立的一所全日制普通本科高校。学校所在地常州市史有“龙城”之称，位于江苏省南部、长三角城市群中心地带，是一座有3200多年历史的文化古城，又是一座充满现代气息、经济发达的新兴工业城市，与上海、南京两大都市等距相望，和苏州、无锡联袂成片。学校交通便利，有机场、高铁及高速公路通往全国各地。
Founded in 1978, Changzhou Institute of Technology (herein referred to as CIT) is a regular full-time undergraduate degree awarding institution approved by the Ministry of Education in China. CIT is located in the “Dragon City” Changzhou, which is in the south part of Jiangsu Province with a history of over 3,200 years. It is now a modern, emergent industrial city with a well-developed economy. It is located in the centre of the Yangtze River Delta between Shanghai and Nanjing. It is also the neighbor city of Suzhou and Wuxi. The city’s advantages include convenient transportation facilities such as airports, high-speed trains, and expressways.
学校紧密结合区域经济、产业和技术结构特点，不断优化基于产教融合的专业布局，培养适应区域和地方经济社会发展需要的、高素质的具有创新精神和实践能力的应用型人才。学校是国家“十三五”产教融合发展工程立项高校和首批启动高校，教育部及江苏省“卓越工程师教育培养计划”和江苏省“2011协同创新计划”入选高校，江苏高校中外合作办学高水平示范性建设工程和“留学江苏”目标学校。
In consideration of the local economy, industry and technology characteristics, CIT aims at cultivating high-qualified applied talents with innovative ideas and practical abilities who can meet local social and economic development needs. Currently, CIT is among the first group of pilot universities that integrate industry and education in the 13th Five-Year Plan. It is also listed as the pilot university in the National-Level and Provincial-Level Excellent Engineer Cultivation Plan, Selected University for Jiangsu 2011 Collaborative Innovation Plan, Jiangsu High-level Demonstration Sino-Foreign Cooperatively-Run Programs under Construction and Target School for Overseas Study.
学校现有辽河路校区、巫山路校区、会馆浜路继续教育学院和长江路科技产业园，总占地面积近1300亩。现有教职工近1200人，全日制在校学生15000余人，设有18个教学单位，46个本科专业，是一所以工科为主，工学、理学、管理学、经济学、文学、教育学、艺术学等7大学科门类协调发展、综合性较强的多科性地方高等学校。
CIT has four campuses, namely, Liaohe Road Campus, Wushan Road Campus, Huiguanbang Road Campus (School of Continuing Education), and Science and Technology Industrial Park. The total area is about 87 hectares. There are about 1,200 staff members and over 15,000 full-time students. CIT is a multidisciplinary university with 18 Schools/Teaching Sections, offering 46 undergraduate programs with majors in fields of Engineering, Science, Management, Economics, Literature, Education and Arts.
