Wuhan University, located in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, is a comprehensive national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking among the national "double first-class", "985 Project" and "21/project" construction universities.

It was selected into the Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, the National Basic Science Research and Talent Training Base, the National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, the National Virtual Simulation Experimental Teaching Center, and the National College Students' Cultural Quality Education Base. Party Secretary Han Jin and President Dou Xiankang. The school motto is "self-improvement, loyalty, truth-seeking and innovation".

As of July 2022, the school covers an area of 5 195 mu with a building area of 2.8 million square meters. The school has 34 colleges and 3 tertiary hospitals. 127 undergraduate majors, 59 master's degrees authorized first-level disciplines, and 49 doctoral degrees authorized first-level disciplines; 46 Post-Doctoral Research Center.

1 1 two disciplines first-class construction discipline, 5 first-class disciplines and 7 national key disciplines; Four state key laboratories, two national engineering technology research centers, two national field scientific observation research stations, two 20 1 1 collaborative innovation centers and two national high-end think tanks.