Established November 29, 1893 Students 53,000 Phone +86 27 6875 4231 Founded 29 November 1893 | Academic staff 5,000 Total enrollment 54,434 (2010) President Dou Xiankang | |
Motto in English Improve Oneself, Promote Perseverance, Seek Truth and Make Innovations Type National research university Motto 自强 弘毅 求是 拓新 (Chinese, Improve Oneself, Promote Perseverance, Seek Truth and Make Innovations) Notable alumni Similar Huazhong University of Scienc, Nanjing University, Fudan University, Peking University, Nankai University | ||
Wuhan University (WHU; simplified Chinese: 武汉大学; traditional Chinese: 武漢大學; pinyin: Wǔhàn Dàxué; colloquially 武大, Pinyin: Wǔdà) is located in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and is administered by the Ministry of Education of China. It was selected by both Project 985 and Project 211 as a major receiver of state funding. The university is situated at Luojia Hill, with palatial buildings blending the Chinese and Western style. It was commonly regarded as one of the most beautiful campuses and a top 10 university for decades in China.
Contents
- Wuhan university the most beautiful university in china
- History
- Merger
- Academics
- Rankings
- Schools and colleges
- Campus
- Cooperation
- Art and culture
- Notable alumni
- References
Wuhan university the most beautiful university in china
History
The university dates back to the Ziqiang Institute (Simplified Chinese: 自强学堂; Traditional Chinese: 自強學堂; Pinyin: Zìqiáng Xuétáng ), which was founded in 1893 by Zhang Zhidong 张之洞, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in the late Qing Dynasty. Later, it changed its name several times before it was named National Wuhan University in July 1928, and was among the first group of national universities in modern China.
(There exists certain dispute on the establishment of Wuhan University, some believe that the history of Wuhan University should date back to 1913, when The National Wuchang Higher Normal College was founded)
In the early time of its establishment, Ziqiang Institute provided four courses—Chinese, Mathematics, Nature, and Business. After combining the Institute of Minerals and the Institute of Chemical, courses provided were enlarged, with Nature Science and Engineering added. And Chinese was extended to English, French, German, Russian, and Japanese.
In Oct, 1902, Ziqiang Institute moved to Dongchang kou, Wuchang, and changed its name to Foreign Languages Institute(Simplified Chinese: 方言学堂), teaching Geography, History, Mathematics, Law, and Communication.
With the approaching of The Revolution of 1911(Simplified Chinese: 辛亥革命), Foreign Languages Institute was forced to pause running the school due to lack of fundings. In Oct, Wuchang Uprising(Simplified Chinese: 武昌起义) and the end of Qing Dynasty made it impossible for the school to go back to normal. Foreign Languages Institute stopped its running.
In 1913, after its foundation, the Ministry of Education of Beiyang Government(Simplified Chinese: 北洋政府) decided to found 6 higher normal colleges in China. Based on the original location, book resource and faculties of Foreign Language Institute, The National Wuchang Higher Normal College(Simplified Chinese: 国立武昌高等师范学院) was founded.
In 1922, faculties were extended to Educational Philosophy, Chinese, English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemical, History and Sociology, Biology, and Geography.
In Aug, 1923, the school changed its name to The National Wuchang Normal University(Simplified Chinese: 国立武昌师范大学). And in 1924, it changed its name to The National Wuchang University(Simplified Chinese: 国立武昌大学).
In 1926, The National Wuchang University merged with The National Wuchang Business University(Simplified Chinese: 国立武昌商科大学), Hubei University of Medicine(Simplified Chinese: 湖北省立医科大学), Hubei University of Law(Simplified Chinese: 湖北省立法科大学), Hubei Arts and Humanity University(Simplified Chinese: 湖北省立文科大学), Private Wuchang Chunghua University(Simplified Chinese: 私立武昌中华大学) to form National Wuchang SUN YAT-SEN University(Simplified Chinese: 国立武昌中山大学), alias National Second SUN YAT-SEN University(Simplified Chinese: 国立第二中山大学), with Department of University, and Subjects of arts, Science, Law, Business, Medicine and Yu(Simplified Chinese: 文,理,法,经,医,预), 17 faculties, 2 departments.
In 1928, Nanjing National Government(Simplified Chinese: 南京国民政府) formed National Wuhan University(Simplified Chinese: 国立武汉大学) on the basis of the original National Wuchang SUN YAT-SEN University, consisting of 4 colleges -- Arts, Law, Science and Engineering(Simplified Chinese: 文,法,理,工).
In Feb, 1929, the jurist Wang Shijie became the first president of Wuhan University. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Wuhan University moved to Leshan, Sichuan Province and returned to Luojia Hill after the war.
By the end of 1946, the university had six Faculties: the Faculties of liberal arts, law, sciences, engineering, agriculture and medicine. Wuhan University enjoyed a very high academic status, with Wang Shijie, Wang Xinggong and Zhou Gengsheng as its successive presidents.
A number of scholars such as Gu Hongming, Zhu Kezhen, Wu Baoliang, Zha Qian, Gui Zhiting, Ye Yage, Li Siguang, Wen Yiduo, Huang Kan, Yu Dafu, Shen Congwen, Zhu Guangqian, Liu Ze, Liu Yongji, Ye Shengtao, Yang Duanliu and Li Jiannong taught here successively. According to the university, in 1948, the University of Oxford wrote an official letter to the Ministry of Education of the Chinese National Government, stating that Bachelors of liberal arts and sciences that graduated from Wuhan University with average grades above 80 could enjoy "the senior status of Oxford."
In 1952, after a general reshuffle of the colleges and departments of the higher educational institutions throughout the country, Wuhan University became a university of liberal arts and sciences directly under the administration of the Ministry of Higher Education. Professor Li Da, Delegate to the First Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a celebrated philosopher, economist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, held the post of president of the university for 14 years. The Wuhan University School of Medicine and Tongji University Medical School jointly formed Central-south Tongji Medical College (later Wuhan Medical College), then Tongji Medical University.
Merger
On August 2, 2000, with the approval of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, the new Wuhan University was established as a combination of four major universities close together—the former Wuhan University, the former Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electrical Engineering (WUHEE), the former Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping (WTUSM) and the former Hubei Medical University (HBMU).
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Academics
In 2014, Wuhan University's student body consists of 34,131 full-time undergraduates and 13,918 full-time master's degree candidates, 7,477 Ph.D candidates and 1,477 international students.
Rankings
Wuhan University is ranked among the top 10 universities in China.
In 2016, CUAA ranked it the 4th.
In 2015, CUAA ranked it the 4th and Wu Shulian ranked it the 7th.
In 2014, CUAA ranked it the 5th and Wu Shulian ranked it the 7th.
In 2016, US News and World Report ranked it 251st in the world and 9th in China.
In 2015, QS World University Rankings ranked it 273th in the world and 9th regionally.
In 2015, Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked it between 301st-400th in the world and 14th-27th in Greater China (including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan).
It came 351st-400th in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings where it ranked 10th in China.
Schools and colleges
Campus
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 in the spring. A cherry blossom festival is held every spring. Most stylish old buildings were designed by F. H. Kales (1899–1979). Educated in MIT, Mr. Kales was a pioneer to blend western architectural styles with traditional Chinese elements, which is most evident from his roof designs.
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.
Cooperation
Wuhan University has established cooperative relationship with more than 300 universities and research institutes in over 40 countries and regions.