The School of Water Conservancy and Hydropower of Wuhan University can be traced back to 1928. The Water Conservancy Group of the Department of Civil Engineering of Wuhan University was founded in 1952, and Wuhan Water Conservancy Institute was approved by the State Council in 1954. 1958 was renamed Wuhan Institute of Water Conservancy and Electric Power, and 1993 was renamed Wuhan University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power. In 2000, four universities merged to form the new Wuhan University.