Wuhan University

Wuhan University

武汉大学
Motto	自强 弘毅 求是 拓新[1]
Motto in English	Self-improvement, Perseverance, Truth-seeking, Innovation[2]
Type	Public
Established	Incorporated as a university in 1926
President	Zhang Pingwen
Academic staff	7,325
Students	58,720
Location	Wuhan , Hubei , China
Campus	Urban, 3.5 km2
Website	en.whu.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	武汉大学
Traditional Chinese	武漢大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wǔhàn Dàxué

Wuhan University (WHU; 武汉大学) is a public university in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First-Class Construction.

In 1926, National Wuchang University, National Wuchang University of Commerce, Hubei Provincial Medical University, Hubei Provincial University of Legislation, Hubei Provincial University of Liberal Arts, and the private Wuchang Zhonghua University were merged into National Wuchang Sun Yat-sen University (also known as National Second Sun Yat-sen University). The school has an undergraduate department and 6 subjects including liberal arts, science, law, economics, medicine, and preparatory courses, 17 departments, and 2 departments.^[3][4][5][6]

In 1928, the Nanjing National Government officially established the National Wuhan University based on the former National Wuchang Sun Yat-sen University, with four colleges: liberal arts, law, science, and engineering.^[3][4][5][6]

In 1949, National Wuhan University was taken over by the Communist Party and renamed Wuhan University.^[3][4]

In 2018, Wuhan University's student body consisted of 29,405 full-time undergraduates and 19,699 full-time master's degree candidates, 7,163 Ph.D candidates and 2,453 international students.^[7]

Wuhan University is ranked in the top 200th global universities by major international universities rankings, including the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the QS World University Rankings, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the Center for World University Rankings, and the U.S. News & World Report.^{[19][20][21][22][23]}

In 2024, U.S. News & World Report ranked it 108th in the world, 21st in Asia and 11th in China.^[24]

In 2024, Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked it # 89 in the world and 15th in Asia.^[25] In 2020, it ranked 23rd in Greater China (including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan).^[26]

It came 157th in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings where it ranked 25th in Asia and 8th in China.^[27][28]

Regarding scientific research output, the Nature Index 2023 ranked Wuhan University the No.14 university in the Asia Pacific region, and 33rd in the world among the global universities.^[29] The 2023 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked Wuhan University 22nd in the world by total publications and 45th in the world based on the number of their scientific publications belonging to the top 1% in their fields for the time period 2018–2021.^[30]

The university has rolling physical features with the scenic Luojia Hill and the beautiful East Lake. Its campus is heavily wooded and green, with fragrant flowers everywhere year-round. Wuhan University is widely known as one of the most beautiful universities in China, especially for its cherry blossom garden. A cherry blossom festival is held every spring.^[31]

Most stylish old buildings were designed by F. H. Kales (1899–1979).^[32] Educated in MIT, Kales was a pioneer to blend western architectural styles with traditional Chinese elements, which is most evident from his roof designs.^{[citation needed]}

Wuhan University boasts a campus covering an area of 5508 mu and has a floor area of 2.42 square kilometres. The university's libraries have a collection of approximately 5.4 million volumes and subscriptions to more than 10,000 Chinese and foreign periodicals.^[33]

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  Luojia Hill (Luojiashan)
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  Former School of Science
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  Administration Building, Former School of Engineering
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  Former Dorm for male students
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  Wuhan's blue roof tiles
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  2nd Classroom Building
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  3rd Classroom Building
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  Former Law School Building
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  Student Club
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  Student Union and Debate Team

Wuhan University has established cooperative relationship with more than 300^{[citation needed]} universities and research institutes in over 40^{[citation needed]} countries and regions.

• School of Information Management at Wuhan University signed a cooperation agreement with Royal School of Library and Information Science in Denmark in 2009.^[34][35]
• Wuhan University has collaborated with Duke University and the city of Kunshan to establish Duke Kunshan University.^[36][37]

As of 2017 at least 29 billionaires had graduated from Wuhan University, ranking third place in the South Central China region and 9th nationally.^[38]

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• Official BBS (in Chinese)

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