In the course of more than one hundred years' development, the school has not only inherited the essence of China's traditional culture and education, but also absorbed the nutrients of foreign culture and education, formed the spirit of "loyalty to liberal arts, simplicity and fortitude", adhered to the school motto of "seeking truth from facts, being brave in innovation, and educating people with morality", and trained more than 200,000 outstanding talents for the country.
The school with beautiful campus environment is located on Guizi Mountain, which is on the coast of Nanhu Lake in Wuchang, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, covering an area of more than 2,000 mu. The campus is surrounded by mountains and waters with pleasant scenery. In the Mid-Autumn Festival, sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant, which is a world-class scenic spot and a beautiful garden for learning. The school has complete infrastructure. At present, there are more than one modern teaching building 10 and two libraries, with a collection area of 15000 square meters and a collection of 3 million books. It also has an advanced "Campus Literature Network Management and Service System". All student dormitories are managed in apartments. Each dormitory is equipped with coin-operated automatic washing machines and automatic water heaters. In addition to the necessary tables and chairs, beds, lights, bookshelves, wardrobes and storage rooms, each room is equipped with a telephone. There are student meals at school.
At present, there are more than 20 full-time and part-time academicians, senior professors in humanities and social sciences, "Changjiang Scholar" distinguished professor, "national famous teachers in teaching", nearly 1000 professors and associate professors, and more than 200 doctoral supervisors. Seven halls, 1 three-star hotel, can meet the needs of students with different tastes, different ethnic habits and different spending power. The school hospital is a first-class hospital, providing high-quality medical services for full-time students. In the school, banks, supermarkets, baths, barbershops and other life service facilities are complete. The school has modern facilities such as student activity center, cinema, multi-functional gymnasium, swimming pool, football field, basketball court, volleyball court and tennis court, which can meet the cultural needs of students.
At present, there are 9 national key disciplines, 20 provincial and ministerial key disciplines, 2 national talent training and scientific research bases for basic disciplines of arts and sciences, 3 national engineering and technology research centers 1, 3 key research bases for humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, 2 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, engineering and technology research centers of the Ministry of Education 1, and postdoctoral mobile stations1,with the first-level authorization of doctoral degrees. There are 19 master's degree-authorized first-level disciplines, 80 doctoral degree-authorized disciplines and majors, 162 master's degree-authorized disciplines and majors, and 64 undergraduate majors (directions) are enrolled nationwide.
At present, there are nearly 30,000 full-time students of all kinds, including more than 9,000 graduate students and more than 0.300 international students. The school has basically formed a complete higher education system from undergraduate to master, doctor and postdoctoral.