The Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) is a national key university
directly under the administration of the Ministry of Education of P. R. China, and is
among the first Universities joining the national “211 Project” and “985 Project”.
It was founded on May 26, 2000 as a result of the merger of the former Huazhong
University of Science and Technology, Tongji Medical University and Wuhan Urban
Construction Institute.
At present, the University has eleven disciplines: engineering, medicine, management,
science, philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history and agriculture,
offering a variety of degree programs, including 86 undergraduate programs, 303
graduate programs, 237 PhD programs. There are 31 post-doctoral research centers,
7 national key disciplines, 15 national key subdisciplines.
HUST covers an area of over 1,153 acres with picturesque environment, elegant surroundings
and has 72% greenery coverage, which has been honored as the “University
in the Forest”. It offers its students and staff first-class logistic service, efficient
network service and abundant library resources. HUST has also entered into partnerships
with more than 100 renowned universities and research institutions. Annually over
100 famous scholars and experts come to visit HUST and give lectures.
Now the University has over 1,000 professors and 1,300 associate
professors, including
24 academicians, 65 professors receiving funds
from the Cheung Kong Scholars
program, 36 winners of National Science Fund for
Distinguished Young Scholars, 36
listed in the “National Talents Project” and 135
young scholars listed in
“New Century Outstanding Talents Project” of the
Ministry of Education. In recent years, with the implementation
of “New Century Education Reform Project”, HUST
has built up a course system based
on such major disciplines as information,
mechanics, civil engineering and environmental
studies, electrical engineering, medicine,
management, humanities, etc. It has greatly
promoted the reform of credit system and English
learning program for non-English
majors, strengthened its education base and
practical education reform, and built
13 student innovation bases.
In addition, HUST has been awarded more than 10 national prizes for education reform,
with 37 courses honored as the National Quality Courses and 126 excellent coursebooks
listed in the National 11th “Five-Year Key Coursebooks”. HUST built various national
advanced talents training bases, including the “National Exemplary Software Faculty”,
the ”National Base of Life Science and Technological Talents”, the ”National Base
of IC Talents”, the ”National Education Base of Basic Science Course”, “National
Experimental Exemplary Base of Electronic Electrician Education”, etc. The Tongji
Medical College achieved excellence in the national education evaluation on seven-year
medicine program and succeeded in the application for the eight-year medicine program.
And HUST students won prizes in various competitions of their own disciplines, such
as the “Sony Cup” in the National Electronic Design Competition of University Students
in 2003 and 12 first prizes in 2005 outnumbering other universities, the golden
prize in the fourth “Challenge Cup” of College Students Entrepreneurship Contest
in 2005, various prizes in the National Mechanical Creation Design Competition in
2006, surpassing other universities in the nation.
As a university taking the lead in promoting quality education, HUST established
the national base of quality education and the system of quality education with
a distinctive character, and has been sponsored over 1,200 lectures to expand students’
knowledge of liberal arts and humanities, which is renowned both home and abroad.
HUST also holds science festivals, cultural festivals and various campus culture
activities in order to build up a distinctive atmosphere of humanity, culture and
education.
In recent years, with growing social impact, HUST has enrolled more high quality
students. HUST graduates have been enjoying popularity among employers in the job
market, and the employment rate has reached above 95%.
During the construction of “211 Project” and “985 Project”, HUST has broken traditional
discipline boundaries, integrated multi-disciplinary resources, played an active
role in developing the national innovation system, built the high level and cross-disciplinary
scientific innovation platform, and the innovation base of philosophy and social
science. Meanwhile, all the 11 innovation platforms are under full development,
including Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, the base of digital manufacturing
of equipment and technology, the base of gravitation research, the base of transplantation
medicine, the base of environment and health, the base of national defense science
and technology, as well as the philosophy and social science base featured with
“scientific development and humanism”.
In accordance with the policy strengthening a coordinated development of both basic
research and applied research, HUST founded a three-level vertical system of scientific
and technological innovation, including a basic research level with national & provincial
laboratories as its core, a hi-tech research level with the national engineering
research center as its leader, and a technological development level with the national
technology transfer center and the joint laboratory as its pillar.
