Western Hubei University, now Hubei Institute for Nationalities. Hubei University for Nationalities dates back to Hubei United Middle School (Lichuan Rural Normal Branch) established in 1938.

The school's achievements have won a good social reputation and exerted a wide influence. It has won many honorary titles such as "National Model Collective of National Unity and Progress", "National Model Collective of National Sports", "Advanced University of Party Building and Ideological and Political Work", "Provincial Safe Campus", "Hubei Model Collective of National Unity and Progress" and "Advanced Unit of Science and Technology Serving Hubei".