In 2006, it was renamed Wuhan University of Technology. The school is a multi-disciplinary teaching and research university focusing on engineering, science, management, economics, literature, law, art, medicine and teaching. It is a key construction university in Hubei Province and a "first-class discipline" construction university in Hubei Province.
The school has 18 colleges (departments), 1 research and design institutes and 1 independent colleges. There are 73 undergraduate majors, 23 first-level disciplines authorized by master's degree, 2 first-level disciplines authorized by doctor's degree, postdoctoral research stations 1, and postdoctoral research stations 1.
There are 22 16 teaching and administrative staff, including full-time teaching and research staff 1558, and 824 teachers with senior titles, accounting for 52.9%. The number of teachers with doctoral degrees accounts for 59.48% of the total number of teachers. Two academicians were introduced, two winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and two candidates for the National Million Plan.