It is a double first-class university. Double first-class universities generally refer to world-class universities and first-class disciplines. Wuhan University is a world-class university with first-class disciplines: theoretical economics, law, Marxist theory, chemistry, geophysics, biology, surveying and mapping science and technology, mining engineering, stomatology, library and information, and file management.

World-class disciplines (10): theoretical economics, law, Marxist theory, chemistry, geophysics, biology, surveying and mapping science and technology, mining engineering, stomatology, library information and archives management.

National key disciplines (5 first-class disciplines): theoretical economics, biology, water conservancy engineering, surveying and mapping science and technology, library and information and file management.

National key disciplines (17, two disciplines): Marxist philosophy, China philosophy, finance, environmental and resource protection law, international law, basic principles of Marxism, modern and contemporary literature of China, ancient history of China, world history, basic mathematics, condensed matter physics, radio physics, analytical chemistry, cartography and geographic information system, computer software and theory, basic stomatology, social security.

National Key (Training) Subjects (VI): Constitutional Law and Administrative Law, Ideological and Political Education, China Ancient Literature, French Language and Literature, Space Physics, Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Diseases).