Wuhan University of Science and Technology

Infobox University
name = Wuhan University of Science & Technology
native_name = 武汉科技大学

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motto = 厚德 博学 崇实 去浮
(Cultivate Virtue, Enrich Knowledge, Value Practice, Remove Pretentiousness)
established = 1898
type = Public
city = Wuhan
state = Hubei |country = China
undergrad = 30,000
postgrad = 1,500
faculty = 2,500
campus = Urban & Suburban,
(total)2,722 mu (亩)
free_label = Athletics
free = National
CUBA women's
website = [http://www.wust.edu.cn www.wust.edu.cn] (Chinese)
[http://www.wust.edu.cn/wust_en/index.html www.wust.edu.cn/english/] (English)

Wuhan University of Science and Technology ("WUST"; Simplified Chinese: 武汉科技大学; Traditional Chinese: 武漢科技大學; Pinyin: Wǔhàn kējì Dàxué) is a public,comprehensive,research university located in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is a key university, co-constructed by the Ministry of Education and Hubei province.

History

The university dates back to the Hubei Technical Institute (Simplified Chinese: 湖北工艺学堂; Traditional Chinese: 湖北工藝學堂; Pinyin: húběi gōngyì xuétáng), which was founded in 1898 by Zhang Zhidong 张之洞, Governor of Shanxi, the Viceroy of Huguang, Viceroy of Liangguang, the Viceroy of Liangjiang in the late Qing Dynasty.

In 1958, it renamed as Wuhan Institute of Metallurgy, (Simplified Chinese: 武汉钢铁学院; Traditional Chinese: 武漢鋼鐵學院; Pinyin: Wǔhàn gāngtiě xuéyuàn) and began to offer four-year degree programs. At that time, it affiliated to the Ministry of Metallurgy, which was later revoked in 1998.So the university was changed to governed by the Hubei Province and co-constructed by the Ministry of Education.

In 1995, it incorporated the other two colleges, Wuhan Advanced Construction School (Simplified Chinese: 武汉建筑高等专科学校; Traditional Chinese: 武漢建築高等專科學校; Pinyin: Wǔhàn jiànzhù gāoděng zhuānkē xuéxiào) and Wuhan Medical School of Metallurgy (Simplified Chinese: 武汉冶金医学高等专科学校; Traditional Chinese: 武漢冶金醫學高等專科學校; Pinyin: Wǔhàn yějīn yīxué gāoděng zhuānkē xuéxiào), and renamed as Wuhan metallurgy University of Science and Technology.(Simplified Chinese: 武汉冶金科技大学; Traditional Chinese: 武漢冶金科技大學; Pinyin: Wǔhàn yějīn kējì Dàxué).

In 1999, it renamed as Wuhan University of Science and Technology(WUST)武汉科技大学 with the approval of the Ministry of Education and Hubei provincial government. Now WUST is authorized to confer 51 bachelor degree programs,6 doctoral degree programs, 52 master degree programs as well as master degree programs of Engineering in 11 fields. Among those, 9 first-class master degree were ranked top 50 and 2 first-class master degrees (ie.Metallurgy Engineering冶金工程 and Mining Engineering采矿工程) were ranked top 10 by the Degree of Ministry of Education & Postgraduate Education Development Center in 2006.

Besides, the university establishes many high-level research centers, among which there are 1 national key laboratories, 12 experimental bases, long-time co-operated with the big enterprises as Wuhan Iron and Steel Group(Simplified Chinese: 武汉钢铁集团; Traditional Chinese: 武漢鋼鐵集團; Pinyin: Wǔhàn gāngtiě jítuán),Panzhihua Iron and Steel Group(攀枝花钢铁集团), Liuzhou Iron and Steel Group(柳州钢铁集团), Handan Iron and Steel Group(邯郸钢铁集团),etc.

Academics

Colleges and Schools

Wuhan University of Science and Technology is a multidisciplinary university, mainly strengthen in Science Engineering, developing in sound coordination with medical science, economics, literary studies, management science, law and mathematics. And it contains schools & colleges as below:
College of Material and Metallurgy(材料与冶金学院)
College of Machinery and Automation(机械自动化学院)
College of Natural Resource and Environment Engineering(资源与环境工程学院)
College of Chemical Engineering and Technology(化学工程与技术学院)
College of Science(理学院)
College of Computer Science and Technology(计算机科学与技术学院)
College of Information Science and Engineering(信息科学与工程学院)
College of Management(管理学院)
College of Foreign Language(外国语学院)
College of Literature, Law and Economics(文法与经济学院)
College of Art and Design(艺术与设计学院)
College of Urban Construction(城市建设学院)
Medical College(医学院)
International College(国际学院)
college of Vocational and Technical(职业技术学院)
college of Adult Education(成教学院)
And there are other two independent colleges, established with the co-operation of Wuhan University of Science and Technology and the social people.
Wuhan University of Science and Technology Zhongnan Branch (Simplified Chinese: 武汉科技大学中南分校; Traditional Chinese: 武漢科技大學中南分校; Pinyin: Wǔhàn kējì Dàxué zhōngnán fēnxiào) Founded in 1998,with the approval of Ministry of Education.
Wuhan University of Science and Technology City College(Simplified Chinese: 武汉科技大学城市学院; Traditional Chinese: 武漢科技大學城市學院; Pinyin: Wǔhàn kējì Dàxué chéngshì xuéyuàn) Founded in 2002, with the approval of The Government of Hubei Province and Ministry of Education.

Faculty and Staff

Faculty: 2500
Member of Academician of China (double engaged): 3
Member of“Chu Tian Scholar Program” Professor: 8
Member of Professor and Researcher: 700

Campus

Main New Campus at Wuchang (武昌区)

Huangjia Lake University Town(黄家湖大学城), Wuchang, Wuhan

Old Campus at Qingshan(青山区)

947 Heping Dadao (Peace Avenue), Qingshan District ,Wuhan

tudent life

tudent demographics

Undergraduate students: nearly 30,000
Graduate & professional students: about 1,500

Athletics

WUST Women's basketball team has won several national championships in CUBA and won the “President Cup” in the fifth and sixth China University Students Sports meetings successively.

ervices

Hospitals

947 Heping Dadao (Peace Avenue), Qingshan District, Wuhan•Wuhan Railway Center Hospital (Affiliated Medical College of WUST) category: IIIA | National

Libraries

•Founded in 1958, it is one of the large libraries in the universities of Hubei.
•The Library in Qingshan old Campus has seven floors, occupying an area of 11,000 square meters, plus the library branch in School of Construction and School of Medicine, the total area can achieve 16,000 square meters. The library has 20 reading rooms, and 2,400 reading seat, can receive at a maximum of 4,000 readers every day. It is the orange building in the top photo.
•Nowadays, the whole library stores about 1,000,000 literature, of which 880,000 books, foreign periodicals about 100,000 volumes, video literature 1,000 copies, electrical literature 8,000 kinds. Every year, 1,200 kinds of Chinese and foreign literature are subscribed, and the amount increases at the speed of 12,000 volumes per year.

External links

* [http://www.wust.edu.cn/wust_en/index.html# Wuhan University of Science and Technology (English)]
* [http://www.wust.edu.cn/ Wuhan University of Science and Technology (Chinese)]