Wuhan University, originated from the self-improvement school in 1893, is a key construction university of the "985 Project" and "211 Project", and Wuhan University is famous for its cherry blossoms throughout the country, and is a comprehensive university with multiple disciplines of literature/law/science/engineering/agriculture/medicine
Jiangcheng is mountainous, and Luojia is alone; There is a black tree on the mountain, Wuhan University.
Wuhan University is a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, and a key university under the national "985 Project" and "211 Project".
Wuhan University traces its origins to the self-improvement school founded by Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang in the late Qing Dynasty, in 1893, and after inheritance and evolution, it was named National Wuhan University in 1928, which is the first batch of national universities in modern China. In 1946, the university had formed a pattern of running schools with six colleges, namely, arts, law, science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan University was highly valued by the party and the government. In 1958, Chairman Mao Zedong visited Wuhan University in person. In 1993, on the occasion of the centennial celebration of Wuhan University, Jiang Zemin and other party and state leaders wrote inscriptions of congratulations. Since the reform and opening up, Wuhan University has taken the lead in carrying out education and teaching reform among domestic universities, and various undertakings have flourished, and the overall strength has increased significantly. In 1999, the world's authoritative journal Science magazine listed Wuhan University as "one of the most outstanding universities in China". In 2000, Wuhan University, Wuhan University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power, Wuhan University of Surveying and Mapping, and Hubei Medical University merged to form the new Wuhan University, which opened a new page in the reform and development of the university. Over the past ten years, the comprehensive strength and core competitiveness of the school have been continuously improved, and in 2015, the school ranked 273rd in the QS World University Rankings.
Looking back at the past, the road is blue, hard work, and Yuru is successful. On Luojia Mountain, Zhou Enlai, Dong Biwu, Chen Tanqiu, and Luo Ronghuan once pointed out the country here; Gu Hongming, Zhu Kezhen, Li Siguang, Wen Yiduo, Yu Dafu, Ye Shengtao, Li Da and others have promoted writing here. For more than 100 years, Wuhan University has brought together many wonderful chapters in the modern history of the Chinese nation, formed a fine revolutionary tradition, accumulated a rich humanistic heritage, and cultivated the university spirit of "self-improvement, Hongyi, truth-seeking, and innovation".
Surrounded by East Lake and sitting on Luojia Mountain, Wuhan University has a beautiful campus environment and picturesque scenery, and is known as "the most beautiful university in China". The school covers an area of 5,187 acres, with a construction area of 2.68 million square meters. The palace-like buildings combining Chinese and Western styles are simple and elegant, majestic and magnificent, and 26 early buildings are listed as "national key cultural relics protection units".
Wuhan University has a complete range of disciplines, strong comprehensiveness and obvious characteristics, covering 12 disciplines such as philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management and art. The university has 35 faculties (departments) in six faculties: humanities, social sciences, science, engineering, information sciences and medicine. There are 122 undergraduate majors. Five first-level disciplines have been identified as national key disciplines, covering a total of 29 second-level disciplines, and another 17 second-level disciplines have been recognized as national key disciplines. 6 disciplines are national key (cultivation) disciplines. 44 first-level disciplines have the right to confer doctoral degrees. 58 first-level disciplines have the right to confer master's degrees. There are 42 postdoctoral research stations. There are three tertiary affiliated hospitals.
Wuhan University has a large number of famous teachers and talents. At present, the university has more than 3,700 full-time teachers, including more than 2,700 full and associate professors, 9 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 8 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 3 academicians of the Eurasian Academy of Sciences, 10 senior professors of humanities and social sciences, 22 chief scientists of the "973 Project" (including the National Major Basic Research Program), 6 experts in the field of the "863 Project", 5 national innovative research groups, 47 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and 15 national famous teachers.
Wuhan University has strong scientific research strength and outstanding achievements. The university has 5 national key laboratories, 2 national engineering technology research centers, 2 national field scientific observation and research stations, 9 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education and 5 engineering research centers of the Ministry of Education. It also has 7 key research bases of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, 10 national basic scientific research and talent training bases, 10 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 3 national virtual simulation experimental teaching centers and 1 national college student cultural quality education base. 30 professional journals are published on a regular basis.
Since 2000, the university has won 69 awards of the National Natural Science Award, the National Invention Award and the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the number of SCI papers and the number of projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China are among the top universities in the country, the number of awards in the selection of outstanding achievements in humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education ranks among the top three universities in the country, the projects of the National Social Science Fund and the social science projects of the Ministry of Education are in the forefront of universities in the country, and dozens of achievements have won the National "Five Ones" Project Award, the National Book Award and the China Book Award. The school has won the Excellent Product Award (Transaction Award) and Excellent Organization Award of Shenzhen International High-tech Fair for more than ten consecutive times.
Wuhan University actively uses its own advantages in science and technology and intellectual resources, through the transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, carries out multi-level and multi-field cooperation with enterprises and scientific research institutions, jointly builds a platform for the development of high-tech industries, and jointly founded more than 70 high-tech enterprises, which has achieved good social and economic benefits, and also promoted the development of the university.
The university has participated in the scientific research and engineering construction of national key projects such as the Three Gorges Project, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and the West-East Power Transmission Project, and has continuously made new breakthroughs in scientific and technological research such as scientific investigation of the Arctic and Antarctic and the prevention and treatment of major infectious diseases.
Experts and scholars in the humanities and social sciences have given full play to the role of "think tanks" and "think tanks" to actively explore major theoretical and practical issues related to the country's economic construction, social development, and human progress, and have achieved a number of scientific research results of great theoretical significance and application value, providing a strong theoretical guarantee and intellectual support for the country's economic construction and social development.
Knowledge is in Wuhan University, and talent is in Luojia. Wuhan University took the lead in putting forward the new concept of "creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship" education, cultivating compound talents with "solid foundation, wide caliber, high quality and innovation", and actively exploring the talent training model suitable for economic and social development. The university has 31,086 undergraduates, 16,426 master's students, 6,785 doctoral students, and 1,838 foreign students. Since its establishment, the university has cultivated more than 400,000 senior professionals of various types, including more than 100 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, making important contributions to national construction and social progress.
The remarkable high-level achievements of Wuhan University have won a wide international reputation, and international exchanges and cooperation have become increasingly frequent, and the university has established cooperative relations with 415 universities and scientific research institutions in 45 countries and regions.
Inherit the glory of a hundred years and show the style of a famous school. In the face of new development opportunities and challenges, Wuhan University has formulated the overall goal of building a world-class high-level university with Chinese characteristics under the guidance of the scientific outlook on development, clarified the development orientation of building a comprehensive, research-oriented and international university, and is committed to promoting the coordinated development of scholars, disciplines, academics, academic styles and students, and continuously improving the comprehensive strength and core competitiveness of the university.
More than 100 years of wind and rain, more than 100 years of tempering, more than 100 years of glory. Wuhan University is full of confidence and marching towards a better future!
