普洱学院位于中国云南省南部昆曼国际大通道枢纽城市——普洱市,前身是思茅师范高等专科学校，始建于1977年，2012年3月经教育部批准升格为综合性本科院校，是云南省应用型本科人才培养示范院校，云南省国门大学建设项目高校。
学校占地面积2156亩；学校内设14个二级学院，有各类专业79个，其中本科专业42个。图书馆藏书110.15万册，数字资源135.0万册，数据库18个。
学校坚持实施人才强校战略，不断加强师资队伍建设。现有专任教师501人，外聘教师123人，有高级职称216人，其中正高级58人，省级教学名师等省级人才称号教师29人；具有硕士及以上学位的教师501人，其中博士学位的教师56人。
学校凭借地缘优势强力推进开放办学，与海内外10余家大学或科研机构建立了合作关系，成立东盟学院负责外国留学生管理工作，与首都经济贸易大学、云南大学、中央民族大学、云南民族大学、湖南农业大学、西南政法大学、中国科学院昆明分院、中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园等国内知名高校、科研院所联合培养硕士、博士层次的留学生。
Pu’er University is located in the Pu’er city, which is the traffic hub of Kunming - Bangkok highway in the south of Yunnan province. Established in 1977, its predecessor was Simao Teacher’s College. In March 2012, approved by the ministry of education, it was upgraded to a comprehensive undergraduate university. It is a model university of applied undergraduate majors cultivation and is one project of national universities construction.
Pu’er University covers an area of over 2,156 mu (1,437,333 square meters). It consists of 14 secondary schools with 79 majors, of which 42 are undergraduate majors. The school library has collection of 1,101,500 books, 1,350,000 digital resources, and 18 databases.
The school sticks at the strategy of strengthening school through talents and enhances the construction of teaching staff. At present, Pu’er University has 501 full-time teachers, 123 part-time teachers and 216 senior professional teachers including 58 senior teachers and 29 provincial master teachers. There are 501 teachers with master degree or above, among which 56 doctoral teachers.
By relaying on geographical advantage, the university strongly promotes open education, and has set up the school of ASEAN Studies to manage international students, and established cooperative relations with more than ten famous universities and scientific research institutes, such as Capital University of Economics and Business, Yunnan University, Minzu University of China, Yunnan Minzu University, Hunan Agricultural University, Southwest University of Political Science & Law, Kunming branch of China Academy of Science, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of China Academy of Science, etc. The university cooperates with these universities and institutions to train international students at the Master and Doctor Degrees.
