As a key university under the direct administration of the Education Ministry, Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) has been one of the \"State 211 Project\" institutions.Under the auspices of this program, WUT has achieved great advances as an institution of higher education, particularly in science and technology related fields.
WUT is located in Wuhan, the biggest metropolitan city along the Yangtze River, in central China.Renowned as \"the Thoroughfare Leading to Nine
Provinces\", Wuhan serves as the biggest inland junction of water, road and air transportation and offers an abundance of natural resources both regionally and within the city itself.The city is also famous as one of the foremost center for science, education and culture in Central China.As one of the most
important universities in Wuhan, WUT occupies an area of 267 hectares with the total construction area of over 1.52 million square meters.It has numerous campuses spread through the Wuhan metropolitan area.
WUT has formed a system of diverse disciplines, including engineering, science, literature, management, economics, law, philosophy, history,
education, medicine and many more.There are 79 undergraduate programs, 153 postgraduate programs (including MBA, MPA and MFA), 62 doctoral
programs and 13 post-doctoral research stations.WUT has also established 3 national key laboratories and industrial experiment bases as well as 24
provincial/ministerial key laboratories and engineering research centers.
WUT has attached great importance to the development of its faculty.Currently, there are approximately 6,000 full time employees, among whom there are 3,000 faculty members, including 582 profeors, 1,173 aociate profeors, 6 academicians both of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2 scholars of the \"One-thousand-talent Plan\", 2 chief scientists of the \"973 Program\" and the \"Important Sci-tech Research Plan\", 5 Cheung Kong scholars, 13 Chutian Scholars, 75 young experts with prominent national and provincial contributions, 4 experts of the \"National Excellent Youth Foundation\", 9 experts of the \"New Century One-hundred-million-talent Project\" and 212 experts with special
governmental allowances.In total, there are 36,100 undergraduate, 16,200 postgraduate and doctorate students and 450 overseas students.
In recent years, WUT has undertaken maive projects in collaboration with the National Natural Science Foundation, National 973 Program, National 863 Program, National Sci-tech Supporting Plan as well as ministerial and key provincial research projects.By grasping this myriad of opportunities to collaborate with industry and government, WUT has generated an annual
increase in its research fund, which reached RMB 420 million in 2008.In that same year, WUT also obtained 57 scientific and technological achievement prizes at the national, ministerial and provincial levels, 205 granted patents together with 1,223 Sci-tech papers indexed by SCI, EI and ISTP.Over the years, a series of advanced research achievements have been attained in a diverse array of applied and research oriented fields including fiber optic
sensors, high-speed ship engineering, electric vehicles, new materials, harbor machinery and advanced manufacturing.The WUT Sci-tech Park, located in Wuhan-China Optics Valley, has an area of 53.3 hectares, contributing an income of RMB 1.08 billion in 2008.
On the basis of cultivating high-quality and adaptable talent, great motivation and a strong atmosphere of innovation, WUT has demonstrated its dedication to the improvement of students\' overall qualities and innovation abilities.
Moreover, a set of national experimental teaching and demonstration centers (Material Science and Engineering Experiment Teaching Center, Mechanical and Electronic Engineering Experiment Training Center, National Chemical Instruction Base for Fundamental Courses of Engineering, National College Students\' Culture and All-round Development Education Base, 3 Innovative Experiment Bases for National Talent Cultivation Mode) have become more and more mature, continually producing cutting edge educational
achievements.Furthermore, WUT is also a model university for the National College English Teaching Reform.In 2007, WUT was graded as having excellent achievement in undergraduate education by the Higher Education Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of Education.Up until now, there have been 16 national excellence courses, 63 provincial and ministerial excellence courses, 9 national excellence teaching achievements and 68 provincial and ministerial teaching achievements.The post-graduation employment rate has been kept stable at over 94%.
WUT has and continues to greatly emphasize internationalization.The university has established programs with over 100 universities and research institutes in the US, the UK, Japan, Australia, Germany, Holland, Ruia,
France and Italy.WUT has also invited distinguished scholars from all over the world to give lectures on campus and granted 200 of them guest and honorary profeorships.Each year, as many as 1,000 foreign visiting scholars spend time on WUT\'s campuses, 600 students go abroad for further education and almost 400 teachers spend time overseas for visiting and cooperative research fellowships.
WUT has also developed strong ties with industrial and governmental sectors.To this end, the university has succefully established 3 Boards of
Directors supported by enterprises in the building materials and construction engineering, transportation and automotive industries.These boards include representatives of 65 key businees in the building materials sector, 50 in transportation industry and 66 in automotive industry in China.There are also now 52 Alumni Aociations collaborating with the General WUT Alumni Office and 95 local-governmental joint bases for production, study and research throughout China\'s 32 provincial administration areas.WUT holds regular meetings of the board of industries and the board of alumni.
With the principle of \"Educating People First and Academic Advancement Prioritized\", WUT has always been striving to keep her motto--\"Sound in Morality, Broad in Learning and Pursuing Excellence\".The university also endeavors to extend itself in four fundamental directions: promoting
individuality, harmony, internationalization and innovation.WUT presently
aims to transform itself into a first-cla university in China and establish some of its featured programs as being among the best in the world.In attaining these goals, WUT will be an open, multi-disciplinary, and individualized research-oriented university by 2020.
