HUST Campus

Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), a merger of the former HUST (founded in 1953), Tongji Medical University (founded in 1907), Wuhan Urban Construction Institute (founded in 1954) and Wuhan Vocational College of Science & Technology (founded in 1968), was established on May 26, 2000. The University is one of leading universities directly under the management of the Ministry of Education.

36 academic schools and departments cover eleven disciplines, specifically, philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, agriculture, science, engineering, medicine and management.

The University offers a variety of programs, including 74 undergraduate programs, 200 Master’s programs, 139 doctoral programs and 22 post-doctoral research centers.

The University has 4 National Leading Laboratories, 4 National Engineering Research Centers, and 12 Leading Laboratories of Ministerial and Provincial Level. 15 key subjects are national level and 28 key subjects are ministerial and provincial level.

206 Research Units are conducting interdisciplinary research across a broad range of subject areas.

There are 10 full academicians and 5 part-time academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Full-time students number over 50,000. Of these, around 12,000 are master candidates and about 4, 400 are doctoral candidates.

There are more than 19,000 part-time or adult students registered for degree, diploma and certificate courses.

The University has more than 10,000 faculty members, of whom over 4,000 are full time teachers. Nearly 800 people are full professors and 1, 200 are associate professors.

Research funds from various governmental departments and enterprises amount to 527 million yuan in 2004, comparing with 450 million yuan in 2003.

The University Library has a collection of 3.49 million volumes.

Teaching, research and administrative buildings cover 743,800 square meters; student dormitories cover an area of 554, 600 square meters.

The University has 3 standard modern sports grounds, 70 basketball courts, 14 tennis courts, 2 gymnasia and 1 entertainment center.

The University has altogether 14 canteens and restaurants, 6 shopping centers and 1 big market on campus. 6 banks have their branches and China Post has also its branch here.

The University has three affiliated hospitals, namely, Tongji Hospital, Union Hospital and Liyuan Hospital, where around 5,400 people are employed.

The University has one affiliated Kindergarten and one affiliated High School.