Hubei Automobile Institute is located in Shiyan City, Hubei Province, China Automobile City. It is the only full-time undergraduate college in China named after cars, focusing on engineering, and coordinating the development of management, economy, literature, science, law and art.

At the same time, it is also a key university in the excellent engineer education and training program of the Ministry of Education, the first batch of universities in the new engineering research and practice project of the Ministry of Education, and a "double-first-class" construction and doctoral degree authorization unit in Hubei Province. It is a national new engineering research and practice project selected by universities, a leading university of "Hubei 20 1 1 Plan" and a member of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance.