According to the needs of society, the college trains academic and professional talents. At present, there are more than 200 master's and doctoral students. Over the past 30 years, it has sent a large number of outstanding talents to universities, education management departments and related institutions at home and abroad. The college has the right to award master's degrees in education and psychology, and the right to award doctoral degrees in education. There are six master's programs in higher education, educational economy and management, curriculum and teaching theory, educational principles, development and educational psychology, and educational technology, and four doctoral programs in higher education, educational economy and management, educational principles and pedagogy. It has a post-doctoral mobile station in education and is a national professional degree training unit for master of education. Among them, higher education is a national key discipline, and educational economy and management is a key discipline in Hubei Province. At present, there are two key bases of humanities and social sciences in provincial universities, namely, the College Development Research Center and the Regional Higher Education Reform and Development Research Center.