Wuhan University
武汉大学 (Chinese) | |||||||
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| Motto | 自强 弘毅 求是 拓新[1] | ||||||
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Motto in English | Self-improvement, Perseverance, Truth-seeking, Innovation[2] | ||||||
| Type | Public | ||||||
| Established | 1913 | ||||||
| President | Zhang Pingwen | ||||||
Academic staff | 7,325 | ||||||
| Students | 58,720 | ||||||
| Location | , , China | ||||||
| Campus | Urban, 3.5 km2 | ||||||
| Website | en | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 武汉大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 武漢大學 | ||||||
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Wuhan University (WHU; 武汉大学) is a public university in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is affiliated with and sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University Plan.
History
The Ministry of Education of the Beiyang Government established the National Wuchang Higher Normal School in 1913. In September 1923, National Wuchang Higher Normal School was renamed National Wuchang Normal University. In September 1924, National Wuchang Normal University was renamed National Wuchang University.
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]
In 1928, the Nanjing National Government restructured the National Wuhan University based on the former National Wuchang Sun Yat-sen University, with four colleges: liberal arts, law, science, and engineering.
In 1949, National Wuhan University was taken over by the Communist Party and renamed Wuhan University.[4]
Schools and colleges
| University rankings | |
|---|---|
| Global – Overall | |
| ARWU World[5] | 101-150 (2022) |
| CWUR World[6] | 170 (2023) |
| QS World[7] | 194 (2022) |
| QS Employability[8] | 101 (2020) |
| THE World[9] | 157 (2022) |
| THE Reputation[10] | 151 (2020) |
| USNWR Global[11] | 150 (2023) |
| Regional – Overall | |
| QS BRICS[12] | 15 (2019) |
| THE Asia[13] | 25 (2022) |
| THE Emerging Economies[14] | 11 (2022) |
| USNWR Asia[15] | 24 (2023) |
| National – Overall | |
| BCUR National[16] | 9 (2021) |
- School of Philosophy
- School of Chinese Classics
- College of Chinese Language and Literature
- School of Foreign Languages and Literature
- School of Journalism and Communication
- School of Art
- School of History
- School of Economics and Management
- School of Law
- School of Marxism
- Department of Sociology
- School of Political Science and Public Management
- College of Education
- School of Information Management
- School of International Education
- School of Mathematics and Statistics
- School of Physics and Technology
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
- College of Life Science
- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences
- Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS)
- School of Power and Mechanical Engineering
- School of Electrical Engineering and Automation
- School of Urban Design
- School of Civil Engineering
- School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering
- Electronic Information School
- School of Computer Science
- School of Cyber Science and Engineering
- School of Geodesy and Geomatics
- School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering
- School of Printing and Packaging
- School of Medicine
- Medical Research Institute
- School of Basic Medicine Sciences
- School of Health Sciences
- Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Hubei General Hospital
- Zhongnan Hospital
- School of Stomatology
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Medicine Vocational and Technical School
Campus
The university is located by Luojia Hill and East Lake. A cherry blossom festival is held every spring.[17] Most stylish old buildings were designed by F. H. Kales (1899–1979).[18]
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 about 10,000 Chinese and foreign periodicals.[19]
Cooperation
Wuhan University has established cooperative relationship with more than 300 universities and research institutes in over 40 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.[20][21]
- Wuhan University has collaborated with Duke University and the city of Kunshan to establish Duke Kunshan University.[22][23]
Notable alumni
As of 2017 at least 29 billionaires had graduated from Wuhan University, ranking third place in the South Central China region and 9th nationally.[24]
- Guo Moruo, Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official from Sichuan, China
- Bin Jiang, professor, in GIS at Högskolan i Gävle (HIG)
- Chen Tanqiu, Chinese revolutionary, founding member of the Chinese Communist Party
- Shen Congwen, Chinese writer
- Wen Yiduo, Chinese poet and scholar
- Li Long Lam, archaeologist
- Li Siguang, founder of geomechanics
- Ling Shuhua, Chinese modernist writer whose short stories became popular during the 1920s and 30s
- Wan Exiang, professor of international law at Wuhan University, vice president of the Supreme People's Court of China, and vice president of the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
- Wang Yanyi, Chinese immunologist and current Director General of the Wuhan Institute of Virology
- Su Xuelin, Chinese author and scholar
- Xiaokai Yang, Chinese-Australian economist
- Wang Tieya, eminent Chinese jurist and former judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
- Li Haopei, Chinese jurist, diplomat and academic
- Chao Yao-dong, Taiwanese politician, economist and former Minister of Economic Affairs (1981–84)
- Wu Mi, one of the founders of Chinese comparative literature
- Chi Li, contemporary Chinese writer
- Zheng Lihui, Chinese gymnast, was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Xiao Hailiang, Chinese diver who became an Olympic champion in the 3m Springboard Synchronized event at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Li Da, Chinese marxist philosopher
- Karim Massimov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (2007–2012)
- Lei Jun, founder of Xiaomi Tech, one of China's largest technology companies
- Liu Jingnan, GPS engineer, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, former president of Wuhan University
- Xiaolin Wu, computer engineer[25][26][27]
- Yi Zhongtian, writer, historian and professor at Xiamen University
- Tiare Aguilera Hey, Rapa Nui politician
References
- ^ 校训释义 (in Simplified Chinese). Wuhan U. Archived from the original on July 4, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ "Overview". Wuhan U. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ^ "武汉大学校史争议_光明网". edu.gmw.cn. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ a b "百年校史-武汉大学". www.whu.edu.cn. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ "ARWU World University Rankings 2020 | Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 | Top 1000 universities | Shanghai Ranking - 2020". www.shanghairanking.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ "GLOBAL 2000 LIST BY THE CENTER FOR WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2023". Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings 2023". Top Universities.
- ^ "QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2020". Top Universities.
- ^ "World University Rankings 2022". Times Higher Education.
- ^ "THE Reputation World University Rankings 2020". 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "US News Best Global University Rankings 2023". Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ "QS University Rankings: BRICS 2019". Top Universities.
- ^ "Asia University Rankings 2022". Times Higher Education.
- ^ "THE Emerging University Rankings 2022". 15 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "US News Asia University Rankings 2023". Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ "Overall Ranking, Best Chinese Universities Rankings - 2021". www.shanghairanking.com.
- ^ "Hubei:Wuhan University—Cherry blossom". Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- ^ Sir Banister Fletcher's a history of architecture, Architectural Press, 1996.
- ^ 学校简介. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
- ^ "Det Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi – Københavns Universitet". Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Det Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi – Københavns Universitet". Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Duke Names Senior Leadership for Its Campus in China", The Chronicle of Higher Education Sept 20, 2012 [1]
- ^ Duke Chronicle Wuhan steps in to sponsor China campus
- ^ "Top 10 Chinese universities with most billionaire alumni". www.chinadaily.com.cn. 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
- ^ arXiv, Emerging Technology from the. "A deep-learning machine was trained to spot criminals by looking at mugshots". technologyreview.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ arXiv, Emerging Technology from the. "How a Single Screen Can Show Several Interactive Perspectives". technologyreview.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Xiaolin Wu". www.ece.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
External links
- Official website (in English)
- Official website (in Chinese)
- Official BBS (in Chinese)
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- Wuhan University
- Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Hubei
- Project 211
- Project 985
- Universities and colleges in Wuhan
- Universities in China with English-medium medical schools
- Vice-ministerial universities in China
- 1893 establishments in China
- Educational institutions established in 1893
- Universities and colleges formed by merger in China