In 2006, Chutian College of Huazhong Agricultural University was established with the approval of the Ministry of Education. It is a full-time undergraduate institution of higher learning built according to the new mechanism and model, a key university under the "2 1 1" project directly under the Ministry of Education, and a national excellent undergraduate teaching school. The school is located in Wuhan East Lake National Independent Innovation Development Zone, covering an area of more than 400 mu and a school building area of nearly 200,000 square meters.