Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

华中科技大学
Motto	明德厚学，求是创新[1]
Motto in English	Virtue, Knowledge, Truth, Originality[2]
Type	Public university
President	You Zheng
Academic staff	3,448
Location	Wuhan , Hubei , China
Colors	Blue Red
Mascot	Yellow Crane and White Cloud
Website	hust.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	华中科技大学
Traditional Chinese	華中科技大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huázhōng Kējì Dàxué

The Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST; 华中科技大学) is a public university in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First-Class Construction.

The university is ranked as below by ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking.^[14][15][16]

• 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities: 79th in the world, 15th in Asia, and 8th in China.^[17]
• 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking (U.S. News): 100th in the world, 17th in Asia and 9th in China.^[16]
• 2024 Times Higher Education: 158th in the world and 9th in China.^[18]

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• Lou Qinjian, HUST Class 1981, CPC Secretary of Jiangsu Province, former Governor of Shaanxi Province and Vice Minister of Information Industry
• Qian Xinzhong, Tongji Class 1928, Minister of Health, China (1965–1973, 1979–1983)
• Xie Fuzhan, HUST Class 1980, President of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the former Governor of Henan Province, China.
• Zhou Ji, HUST Class 1980, President, China Academy of Engineering (2010–2018), Minister of Education, China (2003–2009), Mayor of Wuhan (2001–2002)
• Wang Cheng, HUST Class 1981, President, Hohai University.

• Li Ting, HUST Class 2006, tennis player, Gold Medal Winner at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles.
• Li Na, HUST Class 2005, tennis player, Winner of Australian Open (2014) and French Open (2011), highest world ranking for Singles: No. 2.
• Zheng Qinwen, HUST Class 2023, tennis player, 2024 Paris Olympic golden medal winner of women's tennis single.

• Gong Hongjia, HUST Class 1982, billionaire businessman, 137th in 2018 Forbes World billionaires list in 2018^[19]
• Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer and deputy board chairperson of Huawei.
• Zhang Xiaolong, HUST Class 1991, Senior Vice President of Tencent, creator of WeChat.

• Deng Julong, the founder of Grey system theory.
• Liu Sifeng, the Marie-Curie Fellow (UK), IEEE Fellow and the renowned expert of grey systems. He was one of the 10 shortlisted promising scientists in the MSCA (EU-funded Marie Curie Actions) 2017 Prizes.
• Chunying Chen, Chinese chemist and professor of chemistry at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
• Gang Chen, professor at MIT and elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (2010)
• Lihong V. Wang, professor at Caltech and elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (2018)
• Alan Luo, professor at Ohio State University and elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (2023)
• Frank Hu, professor at Harvard and elected member of the National Academy of Medicine(2015)

• Bei Shizhang, elected in 1955, Tongji Med BS (1921).
• Liang Boqiang, elected in 1955, Pathologist, Tongji Med BS (1922).
• Qiu Fazu, elected in 1993, Senior Member of CAS, Tongji Med BS (1936).
• Wu Mengchao, elected in 1991, 2005 National Supreme Science and Technology Awardee, Tongji Med BS (1949).
• Yang Shuzi, elected in 1991, HUST BS (1956).
• Fang Fuquan (方复全), elected in 2017, Vice President of Capital Normal University, HUST BS (1986).

• Zhou Ji, elected in 1999, President of Chinese Academy of Engineering, foreign member of National Academy of Engineering (US), HUST MS (1980).
• Hou Yunde, National Supreme Science and Technology Awardee (2018), Vice president of Chinese Academy of Engineering, HUST Tongji Med BS (1955).
• Li Dequn (李德群), elected in 2015, HUST MS (1980).
• Ma Ding (马丁), elected in 2017, HUST Tongji Med BS (1982), MS (1986), Ph.D. (1990).
• Luo Xiwen (罗锡文), elected in 2009, Vice president of South China Agricultural University, HUST BS (1969).
• You Zheng (尤政), elected in 2013, Vice president of Tsinghua University, HUST BS (1985), MS (1987), Ph.D. (1990).
• Wu Weiren (吴伟仁), elected in 2015, Chief Designer of Lunar Exploration Engineering, HUST Ph.D. (2004).
• Zou Xuexiao (邹学校), elected in 2017, President of Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, HUST Ph.D. (2002).

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