Wuchang University of Technology (WUT) is a university for higher education approved by the Ministry of Education. After about twenty years of development, it has become prestigious and multidisciplinary in harmonious development where engineering and management are core disciplines. Situated in "Optics Valley of China" in the southeastern part of Wuhan, Hubei Province of Central China, Wuchang University of Technology covers an area of about 233 acres with architectural area of over 400,000 square meters (about 100 acres). Wuchang University of Technology is so picturesque that it is known as one of the top ten beautiful campuses with lake in China.
1. History
Wuchang University of Technology was originally found in 1997 named as Hubei industry and Trade Specialized institute. In 1999, the Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Higher Career Technical College was established by Hubei industry and Trade Specialized institute and Wuhan University of Science and Technology. In February 2004, the Ministry of Education issued a document to confirm the Wuhan University of Science and Technology Zhongnan Branch. Since then, the school has entered a new stage of development in accordance with the mode of independent colleges. In May 2011, the Ministry of Education approved the transfer of Zhongnan Branch of Wuhan University of Science and Technology to Wuchang Institute of Technology.
2. Discipline and Programs
Wuchang University of Technology has eleven schools --School of Life Science, School of Information Engineering, School of Urban Construction, School of Business, School of Law, Literature and Foreign Languages, School of Art Design, School of Music and Media, School of Nursing, School of Non-specialized Caliber Education, School of International Education, School of Continuing Education. WUT has established altogether 68 disciplines (4-year programs or 3-year programs) involved in the fields of science, engineering, economics, management, liberal arts, law, medicine, farming and arts. At present, there are over 15,000 students including about 108 overseas students.
3. Academic Facilities and Scientific Research
Wuchang University of Technology possesses excellent teaching and learning infrastructures. Each school is individually housed and fully equipped. At present, there is a total teaching and management staff of more than 1, 000 in the university, among whom 700 are teachers - 138 professors, 186 associate professors. Wuchang University of Technology is equipped with a top-ranking library here. There are more than 1,400,000 volumes, more than 1,500,000 volumes of e- books, over 1,400 domestic and foreign newspapers and periodicals in the library. Wuchang University of Technology possess two provincial research platforms-- Collaborative Innovation Center and Research Center for Engineering Technology of Hubei.
4. Great Achievement
Wuchang University of Technology has been paying much attention to promoting teaching based on academic research. Its faculty has undertaken more than 160 provincial teaching and research projects, published more than 3,000 academic papers with over 150 published in the Chinese core journals and about 100 included in the five international journal searches (SCI, SSCI, EI, ISTP, AHCI). “Theory and Practice on College Quality Credit System” created by Wuchang University of Technology won the Outstanding Achievement Award of the 7th National Scientific Research of Higher Education Institution (Humanities and Social Sciences).
5. Communication and International Cooperation
Owing to international development strategy, Wuchang University of Technology is quite fruitful in international communication and cooperation. With over 20 universities in more than 10 countries like USA, UK, Australia, Russia, Italy, Japan, Korea, France, Singapore, Thailand, India and etc., WUT has established cooperative relationship with these universities. Moreover, it has established three overseas branch campuses respectively in Osaka, Tokyo, Japan, Paris and France.
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