Wuhan University can be traced back to 1893, when Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Huguang, founded the School of Self-improvement in Wuchang. After inheritance and evolution, it was named National Wuhan University in 1928, which was the first batch of national universities in modern China, and was renamed in 1949. In 2000, Wuhan University merged with Wuhan University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping and Hubei Medical University to form the new Wuhan University.
20 19 June School official website shows that the school covers an area of 5 195 mu with a building area of 2.66 million square meters. There are 34 colleges (departments); Open 123 undergraduate major; 17 before the discipline entered the global ranking of ESI1%; 5 national key first-class disciplines, 17 national key two disciplines, and 6 national key (cultivation) disciplines; At present, there are 42 post-doctoral mobile stations, 46 doctoral degree authorization points in first-class disciplines and 57 master degree authorization points in first-class disciplines.