Wuhan University of Technology is the earliest school in China to train specialized personnel in the grain industry. It is a university jointly established by the State Grain and Material Reserve Bureau and the People's Government of Hubei Province, and a first-class discipline construction university in Hubei Province. Selected into the first batch of outstanding agricultural and forestry talents education and training plan.
The school originated from Wuhan Accounting Secondary Technical School and was founded in 195 1. It once belonged to the former Ministry of Grain, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Domestic Trade. 1980 Wuhan institute of grain industry was established with the approval of the State Council; 1993, renamed Wuhan Institute of Food Industry; During the period of 1998, a management system was established, which combined the central and local governments and focused on Hubei Province. 1999, renamed Wuhan Institute of Technology; In 2000 and 2003, the former Wuhan Traffic Health School and the former Hubei General Technical Engineering School were merged as a whole. 20 13 was renamed Wuhan University of Light Industry.