Wuhan Institute of Technology  

Wuhan Institute of Technology, originally named as Hubei Petrochemical Institute, was established in June 1972 under the administration of Hubei Province. It was renamed as Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology (WICT) and was placed under the administration of the former Ministry of Chemical Industry of the Central Government in March 1980 with the permission of the former Ministry of Education. The university was renamed into Wuhan Institute of Technology (WIT) with the approval of the Ministry of Education and Hubei Provincial Government in February 2006. In November of the same year, WIT participated in the national evaluation launched by the Ministry of Education of China and received the top grade of an “A” on its undergraduate teaching quality. In 2012, WIT was chosen as one of universities in the Midwestern Fundamental Capacity Building Project (the little “211 project”), and received Doctor Degree awarding authority by the Academic Degree Commission of the State Council in 2013.Since 2014, the freshmen enrolledhave passed the first-level score line of Gaokao (National Examinationsfor University Entry).In 2018, the two disciplines of Chemistry and Materials reached the top 1% ESI ranking among worldwide universities and scientific researching institutions. Early in 2019, WIT has been evaluated as one of the Top 600 Universities in China, ranking 126th, and in October, from the World University Ranking 2020published by USNews, WIT ranked 115th out of the 223 universities in China and 1,205th in the universities worldwide, among the 1,500 higher education institutions nominated from 81 countries/regions. In May, 2019, the discipline of Engineering also achieved the top 1% ESI, and this means together three outstanding disciplines (Chemistry, Materials, Engineering) from WIT have become the international high-level majors. In the World University Ranking 2021published by USNews in Oct. 2020, there have been 9 universities from China mainland reached Top 200 Worldwide, and WIT, ranking 92nd, for the first time, become the one of the Top 100 universities in China mainland, and ranked 980th among the 1,500 higher education institutions nominated.    

After over 5 decades’ of endeavors, the university has become a multi-disciplinary university with its own characteristics, fine teaching environment, and advanced research programs. WIT offers different academic programs and has the authorization to award the BA, MA and Doctoral Degree for different levels of students including undergraduates, postgraduates(Masters and Doctors), andinternational education studentscoming from thirty-one provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government. Presently, there are more than 21,951 full-time students in WIT, among whom, there are2,697 postgraduates,19,201 undergraduates,and 53 international students; with624 part-time postgraduates majoring in applied courses.    

There are 17 subordinate schools(colleges), one department, one research institute, and one affiliated college. There are62 specialties classified into nine categories: engineering, science, management, economics, arts, law, literature, medicinesand education.    

Now WIT has 2,079 faculty and staff. Among them, there are 1,269 teachers and scientific researchers, 251 of whom have the professional titles, and 485 with the titles of assistant professors, and among the staff, there are 58% professors, and 40.03% employees are with master degrees, while 54.3% with doctoral degrees.    

Wuhan Institute of Technology has two campuses, the Wuchang campus and the Liufang campus, covering an area of 1.193 million square meter. It isauthorized as the Hubei Provincial Information Center of Science and Technology of Chemical Engineering and Technology, the Hubei Provincial Quality Supervision and Testing Center for chemical/ petrochemical products.    

Since 2012, WIT has undertaken 5,258 various research projects, of which 295 are at the national level and 1,259 at the provincial level. There are over 1,288 authorized patents and more than 5,230 faculty academic papers have been published by SCI, EI, ISTP, SSCI, CSSCI, Xin Hua abstract, National People's Congress copy newspaper information retrieval.    

WIT has established close cooperative relationships with more than 50 universities:Manchester Metropolitan University(UK); Duke University, Florida Institute of Technology,University of Missouri in Columbia(USA);Université Polytechnique HAUST-DE-FRANCE, Universityof Reims(FRA); Curtin University, Queensland University of Technology(AUS);Dundalk Institute of Technolody(IRL); University of Ottawa, Université du Québecà Trois-Rivières(Canada); St.Petersburg MiningUniversity(RUS); Kookmin University(KR); University of Malaya, Sabah Institute Of Art(MYS); Ngee Ann Polytechnic(SG); Siam University(THA); University of the Witwatersrand(ZA), etc. WIT, every year welcomes a large number of world-wide famous experts and international scholars to offer lectures or visit campus, and has sent hundreds of teachers to higher education institutions and research institutes in many countries and regions for further study, to receive professional training, attend international conferences, or visit and cooperate in scientific researches. In addition,WIT has also established close relationships of cooperation with other universities and institutesto offer Chinese-Foreign Cooperatively-run Educational Projects and Chinese-Foreign Exchange Education programs to WIT students,while the dual-bachelor programs and bachelor-master combining program could be offered to candidates qualified.    

Moreover, a board of 130 large and medium-sized enterprises and 39 alumni chapters and education development foundation has been set up with the anticipation of agreements on joint development, talent fostering, technology development, and employee training. The system of mutual participation, mutual service, and mutual benefits has been established, thereupon forming an open-to-society university.    

Meanwhile, WIT has receivedhigh praise and been awarded with titles, such astheHubei Provincial Best-civilized Organization, the National Model of Worker’s Family, the ModelOrganization of Green Ecology, andthe Safe & Civilized Campus, etc.

武汉工程大学简介

武汉工程大学创建于1972年，原名湖北化工石油学院，隶属湖北省。1980年更名为武汉化工学院，改由原化工部主管。1998年划转到湖北省管理，实行中央与地方共建，以湖北省管理为主。2006年更名为武汉工程大学。学校是一所以工为主，覆盖工、理、管、经、文、法、艺术、医学、教育学九大学科门类的多科性教学研究型大学，是湖北省重点建设高校，是湖北省“一流学科”培育建设高校。学校在2023软科“中国最好大学”排名中，位列第145位；在US News 2023世界大学排行榜中，世界排名第935位，位列中国内地高校98名。

 学校有武昌和流芳两个校区，占地约2000亩，是湖北省“绿化红旗单位”“生态园林式学校”。设有18个学院（部），1个研究设计院，1个独立学院。学校面向全国一本招生，现有全日制本科生20444人，硕士研究生6165人，博士276人，留学生538人。有教职工2300余人，其中专任教师1470人，专任教师中高级职称占比超过60%，有聘任院士3人，国家优秀青年基金获得者1人，国家杰出青年基金获得者3人，教育部青年长江学者1人，其他高层次领军人才10余人。有“全国高校黄大年式教师团队”“全国优秀教师”，荆楚好老师，湖北省师德标兵，湖北省劳模工作室等教师群体。图书馆馆藏图书（含电子图书、电子期刊）440万余册，是湖北省高校“优秀图书馆”和“湖北省研究级文献收藏单位”。

 学校有4个博士学位授权一级学科，23个硕士学位授权一级学科，2个博士后科研流动站，1个博士后科研工作站。化学、材料科学、工程学、环境/生态学、农业科学5个学科进入ESI全球前1%。有74个本科专业，其中国家级特色专业5个；国家级一流专业建设点19个、省一流专业建设点16个，占本科招生专业的56.7%；通过教育部工程教育认证专业13个、住建部专业评估（认证）2个。

 学校坚持为党育人、为国育才。有全国党建工作样板支部8个，全省高校党建工作标杆学院2个、“双带头人”教师党支部书记工作室3个、样板支部2个、研究生样板党支部2个、研究生党员标兵2人。围绕“工程内核”，构建以“三实一创”为核心的“两型两化”人才培养新范式。学校在2022年全国普通高校大学生竞赛榜单中排名第19位。本科毕业生升学率达32.64%，位列省属高校第一，本科生、研究生就业率超过95%。52年来，学校已为国家和社会培养20万余名毕业生，留鄂毕业生在60%以上，获评“就业湖北先进高校”。涌现了全国最美大学生、全国优秀大学生、中国大学生自强之星、长江学子等优秀学生群体。据省经信厅统计，以湖北省化工、医药行业为例，在产值1亿元以上的80余家大中型化工、医药单位中，近70%的企业主要负责人是学校校友，学校被誉为“化工高层次人才的摇篮”。学校的办学成就、人才培养效果、就业工作多次被《光明日报》《中国教育报》等新闻媒体宣传报道。

 学校坚持以服务国家和区域经济社会发展为己任，积极发挥化工及相关学科特色优势，深度融入湖北“51020”现代产业体系，着力强化政产学研用合作网络的战略布局。现建有国家磷资源开发利用工程技术研究中心、绿色化工过程教育部重点实验室、磷资源开发利用教育部工程研究中心等省（部）级及以上科研平台78个。在长江经济带与地方共建了湖北三峡实验室等13个科技创新平台，承担了湖北大部分化工产业园发展规划。牵头承担国家重点研发计划重点专项52项，先后有309项科研成果获国家、省部级科研成果奖，其中国家科学技术奖7项。与湖北宜化、人福医药等单位在磷化工、电子化学品、麻醉制剂等领域开展联合攻关，解决了磷矿选矿领域的“卡脖子”技术难题，攻克了超高纯芯片用电子级磷酸制备等“卡脖子”技术，为国家延长磷矿资源服务年限超过60年。学校在2020～2021年连续2年入围中国科技成果转化百强高校。学校主办的《化学与生物工程》入编《中文核心期刊要目总览》《中国科技核心期刊目录》。

 学校开展人才国际化战略，稳步推进中外在校生国际化培养工程，与30余个国家和地区的60余所国（境）外高校和科研机构建立多维度合作关系；与科廷大学、佛罗里达理工学院合作举办中外合作办学项目，与悉尼科技大学、梅西大学、邓迪大学等高校合作开展中外双证书国际联培教育项目，选拔优秀学子赴剑桥大学、早稻田大学等世界知名高校访问交流。与教育部留学服务中心签署战略协议，深度实施学生留学深造合作。湖北省政府“编钟奖”获得者、俄罗斯工程院外籍院士等高水平外籍专家持续构建高规格国际科研平台育人矩阵。作为湖北省属高校中较早具有留学生招生资格的湖北省重点建设单位，大力招收来自亚洲、非洲、欧洲、大洋洲“一带一路”沿线国家的本硕博留学生，打造“留学工大”国际名片。

五秩风华正青春，守正创新向未来。学校将持续坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，全面贯彻党的教育方针，落实立德树人根本任务，践行教育科技报国使命，践行“格物明理 致知笃行”的校训和“艰苦奋斗、自强不息”的校园精神，大力弘扬现阶段勤学实干、毕力同心、共创一流的精神状态，推进现代治理，抓紧建成面向现代化工大产业的区域一流行业特色高校，为湖北加快建设全国构建新发展格局先行区、加快建成中部地区崛起重要战略支点、奋力推进中国式现代化湖北实践贡献工大力量。

（数据更新截至2024年10月）