Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Motto 明德厚学，求是创新[1] (Chinese)
Motto in English
 Virtue, Knowledge, Truth, Originality[2]
Type National / Public
Established 1953 (Engineering School)
1907 (Medical School)
President Ding Lieyun
Academic staff
 3,448
Undergraduates 36,000
Postgraduates 20,040
Location Wuhan, Hubei, China
Campus Suburban / Main Campus
1160 acres/ 470 ha
Urban / Medical Campus
133 acres/ 54 ha
Athletics National CUBA men's and women's
Colors Blue     
Mascot Yellow Crane and White Cloud
Website www.hust.edu.cn

The Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST; simplified Chinese: 华中科技大学; traditional Chinese: 華中科技大學; pinyin: Huázhōng Kējì Dàxué; literally: "Central China University of Science and Technology") is a public, coeducational research university located in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. As a national key university, HUST is directly affiliated to the Ministry of Education of China. HUST has been referred toas the flagship of China's higher education system after the Chinese Civil War. HUST manages Wuhan National Laboratories for Opto-electronics (WNLO) at Wuchang, which is one of the five national laboratories in China.

History

Main Campus
Main Gate

Founding (1952-1954)

In 1952, the Central Government of China sought to construct a new higher education system for the rapid development of economy, science and technology after Chinese Civil War. Three technical institutes were planned to be established in Wuhan, including Huazhong Institute of Technology (HIT, 华中工学院), South-Central China Institute of Power Engineering (中南动力学院) and South-Central China Institute of Water Conservancy and Electric Power (中南水利学院) . In March 1953, the institute's charter was signed by the South-Central China Government under the approval of the Central Government of China. In the original planning, the land south of the Yujia Hill was chosen for the three campuses. Physicist Qian Zha was appointed as chair of the three-institute initiative. Economist Peigang Zhang was appointed as chief in planning to lead the HIT initiative. In June 1953, the land south of the East Lake was chosen as the campus of South-Central China Institute of Water Conservancy and Electric Power. The same year, the South-Central China government decided not to establish an independent South-Central China Institute of Power Engineering. All the programs related to power engineering were administered by Huazhong Institute of Technology. The institute formally opened on October 15, 1953.

Early development (1954-1966)

All the programs and departments at HIT were organized and formed from the programs related to electrical engineering, power engineering, electricity and mechanical engineering in Wuhan University, Hunan University, Guangxi University and South China Institute of Technology. HIT's first classes were held in spaces at those institutions. There were eight undergraduate programs, 314 full-time faculty members and 2,639 undergraduate students at that time. The first president is physicist Qian Zha, Dean of School of Engineering of Wuhan University. The first provost is Gancai Liu.

In 1960, HIT was evaluated to be a national key university under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of China.

Culture Revolution (1966-1976)

In 1971, most of the Wuhan Mechanical Institute (武汉机械学院) was merged into the institute.

Six departments were established. There were 20 undergraduate programs, 1,097 faculty members. The number of undergraduate students reached to 6,087.

New mission, global view (1976-1988)

Graduate students began to be enrolled in 1978, and in 1984, the institute became one of 22 universities to be approved by the State Council to establish a graduate school. By approval of the State Education Committee, the institute was renamed Huazhong University of Science and Technology (华中理工大学) in 1988.

Leading the Reform in Tech-Schools (1988-2000)

With China's global strategy and the reform of the economy, HUST led a series of pivotal reforms among technical institutions in China. HUST is the first technical school to establish the Department of Journalism and Communication, the Department of Economics, and Department of Literature, and to host nationwide lectures in humanities.

Merger

On May 26, 2000, the former Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan Urban Construction Institute (武汉城市建设学院), and Wuhan Science and Technology Vocational College (科技部干部管理学院) combined to form the new Huazhong University of Science and Technology (华中科技大学); the Chinese name was changed, but the English name remained the same.

Tongji Medical College

The history of Tongji Medical College can be traced back to 1907 when Tongji German Medical School was founded by Erich Paulun in Shanghai. The name Tongji[3] suggests cooperating by riding the same boat. In 1927, with the development of the institution, it expanded to include engineering programs. After the establishment of National Tongji University in 1927, the Tongji Medical College was affiliated to the university as one of the schools. In 1950, the medical school was moved to Wuhan from Shanghai and merged with Wuhan University School of Medicine to become South-Central China Tongji Medical College. The college was later renamed as Wuhan College of Medicine in 1955, as Tongji Medical University in 1985, and as Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2000.

Presidents (1953- )

Campus

Road and Youth Lake in main campus HUST.

Main Campus at Wuchang

1037 Luoyu Road, Wuchang, Wuhan

Tongji Medical Campus at Hankou

13 Hangkong Road, Hankou, Wuhan

Academics

Schools and Departments

West12 at Night. All buildings at HUST are named in Direction+Number.
A classroom in West12.

Sciences and Engineering

Social Sciences

Medicine (Tongji Medical College)

Institutes, centers and laboratories

South1 is the oldest and largest complex to house many centers and institutes at HUST.

National laboratories (1)

National Major Scientific & Technological Facility (2)

National key laboratories (5)

National specialized laboratories(2)

National research centers (7)

Ministerial / provincial leading labs (16)

Ministerial / provincial research centers

International collaboration research centers

Other centers and institutes

Faculty and staff

Rankings

In 2014, US News and World Report ranked HUST 294th in the world and 9th in China.[4] Wu Shulian ranked it 11th[5] and CUAA ranked it the 12th[6] in China.

Schools

Undergraduate|Graduate [7]
Engineering: #6 | #3; Medicine: #2 | #2; Management: #10 | #15; Science: #16 | #17;
Economics: #20 |-; Literature: #36 |-;
Natural Sciences (Engineering, Medicine, Science overall): #7 | #6;
Social Sciences (History, Management, Economics overall): #17 | #18

Programs[8]

Mechanical Engineering: #1; Electrical Engineering: #2; Optical Engineering: #1;
Public Health: #1; Public Administration: #4; Biomedical Engineering: #5;
Control Engineering: #5 ; Power Engineering: #6; Computer Science: #9;
Electronics: #9;

Subjects[9]

Preventive Medicine Epidemiology: #5; Environmental Health: #1; Nutrition: #5; Gynecology: #2; Toxicology: #6;

Computer Science System Structure: #3; Software: #12 ;

Journalism & Communication Journalism: #3; Communication: #7;

Others Statistics: #6; Quantitative Economics: #3;

Services

Libraries

New Library, main campus

There are four libraries at HUST: the Old Library, the Shaw Library (New Library), the Medical Library and the Architecture Library. The Old Library and the Shaw Library are located in the center of main campus. The Old Library was designed and constructed in Soviet-Union style in the 1950s. It plays a major role in book circulation and conference hosting. It also provides classrooms for audio-video teaching program and some group-study programs. The first floor of the east wing is the Center for Reader's Services, which is a branch of University Bookstore System. The Shaw Library was donated by Sir Run Run Shaw and built in 1990s. It has more than 30 reading rooms, including Chinese/English social sciences reading rooms, Chinese/English natural sciences reading rooms, Chinese/English archive reading rooms and electronic journal reading rooms. It also houses a multi-media center and a major branch of Center for Computing & Networking. Medical Library is located in Tongji Medical Campus in Hankou. It provides the same services to the medical students as the libraries in main campus. The Architecture Library is on the east side of the main campus. It accommodates books and journals in architecture and urban planning. The University Libraries have a total collection of 3.49 million volumes.

Hospitals

Student life

University Stadium, main campus
A path of Yujia Hill (located at the back of the main campus)

Student demographics

Undergraduate students: 36,275
Graduate & professional students: 20,044
International students: 560

Athletics

HUST men's basketball team has won national championship (CUBA) in 2004. HUST men's team also won the fourth place in CUBA 1999. HUST women's basketball team lost the national champion titles and won the second places in WCUBA 2005 and 2006.

Traditions

Academic life has always been put in the first place by HUST students. As the initial mission of early HUST, HUST graduates were expected to possess the skills and abilities for becoming outstanding experts in their science fields. However, the education in arts and literature were strengthened by the school since late 1980s. Chinese literature is a required course for any degrees or programs at HUST. Former president of HUST, Shuzi Yang is an enthusiastic advocate to bring courses of arts and humanities into the curriculum. His great efforts make many HUST graduates not only the experts in science, but also the leaders in their fields.

Notable faculty and alumni（incomplete statistics）

Notable alumni

Members of National Academies

On the HUST campus on a winter day

China Academy of Sciences

China Academy of Engineering

Famous Scientists

Partner universities

HUST maintains partnership with more than 90 universities all over the world, the following are parts of these universities

References

  1. ↑ "学校简介". Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Vision and Mission". Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ Tongji is the Chinese phonetic approximation of deutsche (German).
  4. ↑ Education > Best Global Universities > Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  5. ↑ From Wu,Shulian's Ranking administered by Sohu.com /in Chinese
  6. ↑ 2014中国大学排行榜20强
  7. ↑ From Sina Education /in Chinese| Sohu Learning /in Chinese
  8. ↑ Evaludated by Ministry of Education of China in 2006 /in Chinese
  9. ↑ From Sina Education /in Chinese
  10. ↑ IIIA | National (全国三级甲等医院) indicates the hospital can provide the highest level of health care in China.
  11. ↑ "Gong Hongjia". Forbes. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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