There are 86 faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts, including 65 full-time teachers. There are 32 professors, 30 doctoral supervisors and 24 associate professors in the teaching staff. It has jurisdiction over China Literature Department, China Language and Culture Department, University Chinese Department, Institute of Ancient Books Arrangement, Changjiang Academic Magazine, Writing Magazine, College Party and Government Office, College Continuing Education Office, Wuhan University Putonghua Training and Testing Workstation and other institutions.

The college has the right to award doctoral degrees in the first-class discipline of language and literature in China and a postdoctoral mobile station. National key discipline (modern and contemporary literature in China) 1 subject, national key cultivation discipline (ancient literature in China) 1 subject, China language and literature as the key discipline in provincial universities, China modern and contemporary literature as the dominant discipline in provincial universities, and China ancient literature as the characteristic discipline in provincial universities. The doctoral and master programs of the two disciplines include literature and art, linguistics and applied linguistics, Chinese philology, China classical philology, China ancient literature, China modern and contemporary literature, comparative literature and world literature, China literary criticism history, writing theory and practice, teaching Chinese as a foreign language, Chinese studies and Sinology, etc. Offering a master's degree in Chinese international education. Undergraduate majors include Chinese language and literature experimental classes, Chinese as a foreign language and humanities experimental classes, and Chinese studies classes (jointly organized with the School of History and the School of Philosophy).

The College has the China Traditional Culture Research Center (jointly organized by literature, history and philosophy), which is the national key research base of humanities and social sciences. University-level key research bases include China Language and Literature Classics Collation and Research Center, Language and Information Research Center, China Modern and Contemporary Literature Research Center, and China Literature Dissemination and Reception Center, Chinese and Foreign Literature Comparative Research Center, Applied Chinese Research Institute, Writing Research Institute, Ming and Qing Literature Research Institute, Wen Yiduo Research Laboratory, Huang Kan Research Institute and other research institutions.

The academic strength of the College of Liberal Arts is very strong. Since the new period, a number of famous scholars have emerged, such as Lv Yaodong, Yi Zhuxian, Sun Dangbo, Zheng, Zong Fubang, Yang, and the late professors Longquan Ming and Li. There are famous young and middle-aged scholars (in alphabetical order): Chen Guoen, Chen Shunzhi, Cheng, Xing Fan, Fang Changan, Feng Liming, Jin Hongyu, Lu Liehong, Luo Jiyong, Luo Ruihe, Liu Guantang, Shang, Tang Tiehui, Tu Xianfeng, Wan Xianchu, Wang Zhaopeng, Wu Tianming and Xi Jia.