LEGEND
One of the Top 10 universities in China and Known as China’s MIT
Gained the rapidest development among China universities within 60 years’ development and has been hailed as “The epitome of the development of China’s higher education”
Among the first Universities joining the national “211 Project” and “985 Project” initiated by the Central Government of China which aim at building some China high-ranking universities to be the world first-class universities.
Best Renowned Tongji Medical College around the world (founded in 1907 by a German Doctor Paulun Erich )
Cultivated a large number of famous University Presidents in China and become a best renowned Research center for Higher Education Management
University in the forest with a total area of 1,153 acres with 72% greenery coverage
QUALITY
More than 3,000 full-time teachers, including 900 professors and 1,200 associate professors
4 libraries with a collection of 5, 79 million volumes
21 National prizes for education reform, 49 National Quality Courses
7 National Talents Cultivating Bases
Humanistic Lectures for each week and nearly 2000 up to now
Above 95% employment rate of graduates
Influential Alumnus as Universities Scholars and Presidents, Engineers, Doctors, Politicians, Enterprisers and Journalists
RESEARCH
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center (One of the Four in the world)
11 National Key Laboratories and Engineering (Technology) Research Centers
22 National key disciplines (including sub disciplines)
8 disciplines listed as 1% by ESI including biology &biochemistry, Engineering, physics, clinical medicine, chemistry, Material Science, Computer Science, Pharmacology
40 University Journals and publications
20,000 Masters and Doctors on campus
DIVERSITY
42 academic schools and departments covering 12 comprehensive disciplines: science, engineering, medicine, economics, management, philosophy, law, education, literature, history, agriculture and art
93 undergraduate programs, 214 graduate programs, 175 PhD programs and 31 post-doctoral research centres
49 student clubs covering Literature, Practice, Science and Technology, Sports, Humanities and Social Sciences
4-month annual University Cultural Festival and 3-month annual Scientific and Technological Festival
21 Innovative Student Groups winning national and global prizes every year
UNIVERSALITY
Partnerships with more than 100 world renowned universities and research institutions in 26 countries
Annually over 1,500 famous scholars and experts come to give lectures.
More than 2,000 international students from 120 countries
3 Confucius Institutes in America, New Zealand and Brazil
China-EU Institute for Clean and Renewable Energy (ICARE)-the third Sino-European institute
INTERNATIONALIZED
HUST follows the opening policy as its guideline, engaged in comprehensive, multi-level international exchanges and cooperation. Currently HUST has entered into partnerships with more than 100 renowned universities and research institutions of 26 countries and regions, such as the United States, the Great Britain, and Germany, etc. Annually more than 1,500 talented foreign scholars come to give lectures.
HUST has been accepting international students studying in China since 1960s. For over 50 years it has cultivated more than 3000 international students of various majors from more than 120 countries and districts. Most of them have obtained bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or doctoral degree that conferred by HUST. They have become outstanding engineers and technicians, famous medical experts, government administrators or officials in their embassies in China after graduation. Currently, there are more than 2000 international students from around 120 countries studying in HUST, and 1500 of them study for degrees.
The International Student Office has been established for the service and administration of international students. We have well educated and professional staff to assist and help international students adapt the camp life, deal with daily study, visa and activity affairs and get better improved in this distinguished university. Besides, we also have a special Students International Communication Association to guide freshmen to better understand this university and the life here, hold one-one tutor program, intercultural activities and Chinese Corner for international students.
HUST international students have outstanding performance in HUST as well as in China. TASSING TAGNE, REMI CLOTAIRE (Lei Meng), from the Republic of Cameroon, won gold prize in the First National Chinese Language Contest for international students in 2008; then JUSTINE BRANDON R SEALE (Su Jie), from Barbados, the first prize in the provincial level of Chinese Language Contest in 2010; MOTENG TAGNE PATRICK (Meng Tai), also from Cameroon, the first prize in the Chinese Language Contest of Hubei Province in 2011.