Three Gorges University is an institution. Approved by the Ministry of Education, the Three Gorges University was formed on May 25th, 2000 by the merger of the former Wuhan Institute of Water Resources and Electric Power (Yichang) and the former Hubei Three Gorges University. The former Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electric Power (Yichang), formerly known as Gezhouba Hydropower Engineering College, was founded in 1978, and successively belonged to the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Electric Power Industry and the State Power Company.

1996 merged with the former Wuhan University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power to form a new Wuhan University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power, which became an important part of the "21/project" to build a university. The former Hubei Three Gorges College was formed by the merger of Yichang Normal College, Yichang Medical College and Yichang Vocational College on 1996.

Teachers of Three Gorges University.

Three Gorges University has full-time teachers 165 1 person, including 333 professors, 696 associate professors and 882 teachers with doctoral degrees. Member of Discipline Appraisal Group (Hydraulic Engineering Group) of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee 1 person.

Doctoral supervisor 138, master supervisor 1363; Have the right to evaluate the qualifications of professors in all disciplines. 180 More than 80 talents and experts have been recognized at the provincial and ministerial levels. The school has hired more than 200 experts including Nobel Prize winner Mundell and 2/kloc-0 academicians as part-time professors. The school is one of the "Top Ten Universities for Talent Work in Hubei Province".