Welcome to the website of Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST). It is my pleasure to invite you to explore these pages and learn more about one of China's top universities.

The new HUST was established on May 26, 2000 after merging with the former HUST, Tongji Medical University and Wuhan Urban Construction Institute. It is a key university directly under the leadership of the Ministry of Education. It is one of the first group universities listed in the national "211 Project" and "985 Project".

HUST ranks at the top of China's leading universities in comprehensive strength . In the University, there are eleven faculties including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, agriculture, science, engineering, medicine and management. It offers a variety of programs, including 75 undergraduate programs, 200 Master's programs, 139 doctoral programs and 22 post-doctoral research centers. It has 4 national leading laboratories, 4 national engineering research centers and 12 leading laboratories with ministerial or provincial level. It has more than 13,000 staff members, of whom 16 are academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & the Chinese Academy of Engineering, over 600 are doctoral supervisors and more than 900 are professors. The full time resident students are over 50,000, of whom over 34,000 are undergraduates and more than 17,000 are postgraduates.

HUST keeps to the principle that “Cultivating students is the fundamental”. It has a very fine academic ambience. The University emphasizes fostering students’ pioneering spirit and practical ability and producing tip-top talents as well. In Chinese high institutions, it first upheld and conducted humanistic education to push forward the combination of scientific education and humanity education. Recently, the employment rate of HUST graduates lies in the top of leading Chinese universities. The University strengthens establishment of innovation system and improvement of innovation ability, particularly stresses innovation of sources in scientific research to advance sustained, coordinated and stable development of scientific research.

Abiding by the motto “Commend moral, Advocate knowledge, Seek truth and Make innovations”, all staff and students are making great efforts to fulfill its strategic goal of building a first-class engineering discipline, a first-class medical discipline and high-level liberal arts and science with our own characteristics in order to develop itself into a comprehensive, research-based and open university enjoying world fame.

I hope this web site provides you with the full spectrum of information about our University. We look forward to your comments and suggestions, which can be given at convenient points during your web site tour. Your feedback will prove valuable to the continued growth and improvement of this University. Thank You.

Prof Li Peigen
President