The former Department of Architecture of Huazhong University of Science and Technology was founded in 1982, which enrolled undergraduates that year and postgraduates the following year. Professor Zhou Buyi, who graduated from Columbia University, was appointed as the first department head, and many well-known professors in China participated in the establishment of the department. 1999 undergraduate and postgraduate education in architecture has passed the national professional education evaluation.
In 2000, the former Department of Planning and Architecture of Wuhan Institute of Urban Construction merged with the School of Architecture of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and the architecture majors of the two universities were integrated. In 2003, the merged architecture major successfully passed the national undergraduate and postgraduate professional education evaluation.
In 2007, the undergraduate and postgraduate education of this major passed the national professional education evaluation again, and obtained double excellent results. Since 1982, the department has graduated 26 undergraduates and 26 postgraduates. The students of this department have won the first prize of the International Modern Architecture Association and the International Landscape Society Award for many years in a row, and they have frequently won prizes in domestic college students' design competitions. Early graduates have become the main technical backbone of major architectural design institutes in China. Some alumni have become the chief architects of American, European and Hong Kong architecture firms, and many alumni have become teachers of architecture departments of famous universities such as the United States, Hong Kong, Tsinghua University, Southeast University and Tongji University after obtaining their doctorates in world-renowned universities such as Harvard University, University of California at Berkeley and Delft University in the Netherlands.
Over the past 30 years, the Department of Architecture has adhered to the international school-running mode and maintained close cooperation with Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Arizona IIT, University of Florida, technical university of munich, Detmold School of Architecture, University of Tokyo, Val de seine School of Architecture, Nantes School of Architecture, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, Bergen School of Architecture in Norway and Fijuni School of Architecture. At present, it has signed a 4+ 1+ 1 joint training agreement with the University of Arizona, Newcastle University and university of dundee, and signed a double master's agreement with the University of Florida.
The teaching reform project of "creating an open educational environment and cultivating innovative architectural talents" completed by the department won the first prize of outstanding teaching reform achievements in Hubei Province and the second prize of outstanding teaching reform achievements in the Ministry of Education. Architectural design course was rated as a key discipline in Hubei Province. 20 13 architecture was rated as a key first-class discipline in Hubei province.
The training goal of architecture undergraduate is professional architects, and graduates can get an internationally certified professional degree: Bachelor of Architecture. The master's enrollment of this department is divided into three disciplines: architectural design and theory (master of international certification), architectural history and theory, and architectural technology science; The department has a doctoral program in architecture and a postdoctoral mobile station in architecture.
There are 49 full-time teachers in our department, including 9 professors, 9 associate professors 19 and 20 lecturers, including 25 doctors. Most teachers have the experience of studying or researching abroad, and many of them work in different academic organizations at home and abroad. Since 1982, teachers in this department have undertaken more than 20 national natural science funds, and a large number of design works completed by teachers and graduate students have won national and provincial and ministerial design awards.
Director of the Department Professor Committee:, Director: Tan, Deputy Director: Liu Hui, Liu Xu and Peng Lei's advantages and characteristics in running a school.
(1) The school has a long history.
The urban planning major of this school was founded in 1960s and 1950s. After the resumption of the college entrance examination system, this school enrolled undergraduates in 1979, which was called "the third school" by the urban planning education circle (Tongji University 1977 resumed enrollment, Chongqing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture 1978 resumed enrollment), and it is one of the schools with the longest running history in China. According to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Education, there are nearly 200 schools offering urban planning in China.
(2) Strong faculty.
Judging from the situation of urban planning colleges and universities in China, the number of teachers, teaching years and experience, academic background, academic level and teaching achievements are among the highest in the country. For example, among the urban planning teachers in this school, there are 3 in grade 1978, 3 in grade 1979 and 2 in grade 1980. This is the only school in China except Tongji. In addition, these teachers come from Tongji University, the former Chongqing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture and other first-class professional colleges.
(3) running schools at all levels
The school began to recruit graduate students on 1994. It is the earliest master's degree awarding unit in urban planning in China and the earliest master's degree program in urban planning and design in central and southern China. In 2005, the school received a doctorate in urban planning and design; At present, only nine schools in China recruit doctors majoring in urban planning and design. Multi-level education provides supporting conditions and excellent quality for the development of urban planning specialty in this school.
(4) The quality of running a school is high.
The school's urban planning major is of high quality. In addition to the popularity of previous students by employers, there are several obvious indicators that can be explained.
1. The urban planning major of this school passed the national undergraduate education evaluation of urban planning in 2000, and the evaluation conclusion was excellent (re-evaluated in 6 years). The evaluation conclusions in 2006 and 20 12 were also excellent (re-evaluation in 6 years). At the same time, it has also passed the national evaluation of postgraduate education in urban planning, and the evaluation conclusion is also excellent (re-evaluation in 6 years). There are not many schools in China that can pass the evaluation of urban professional education, especially those that pass the excellent evaluation of undergraduate and graduate students at one time.
Second, the research group of "Evaluation of China University" chaired by Wu Shulian has been evaluating the undergraduate major of urban planning as A++ for many years, and A++ is the highest level major.
(5) Great social impact
Since the school resumed enrolling undergraduates majoring in urban planning from 65438 to 0979, the school's urban planning major has adhered to the principle of opening schools and giving priority to quality, and trained a large number of high-quality urban planning talents. At present, many of these graduates have served as leaders of relevant departments of city governments at all levels, leaders and technical leaders of relevant design, education and research departments, which have made great contributions and functions to the development and construction of cities in China, and have also produced and will continue to produce a wide range of social influences.
Since the merger of the school in 2000, the major of urban planning in the school has been greatly developed, especially in academic exchanges, and the cooperation with foreign universities has been further strengthened. At the same time, the International Biennale "265438+Urban Development in the 20th Century" (held for four times, and held for the fifth time this year), the National Biennale "U+L National Symposium on New Thinking" (held for five times) and the National Conceptual Design Competition for College Students (held for five times) have had a good social impact.
School-running characteristics
(1) background of running a comprehensive university
Huazhong University of Science and Technology is a comprehensive university with the advantage of engineering, covering arts, science, medicine and management 1 1 disciplines. It is one of the first "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project" universities in China. Multi-disciplinary support and cross-integration have promoted the development of urban planning disciplines and majors in this school.
(2) Admission policy of accepting both arts and sciences.
Since 2003, the school's urban planning major has changed the practice and tradition of accepting only science students all the year round, and took the lead in adopting the enrollment policy of accepting both arts and sciences; On the one hand, it conforms to the macro policy of "wide-caliber" education for undergraduates, and on the other hand, it also conforms to the requirement of the transformation of urban planning discipline from engineering technology to public policy.
(3) Training mode of characteristic talents
In the cultivation of undergraduate talents, the urban planning major of the school pays attention to the cultivation of students' basic skills in art design; Always focus on the cultivation of students' practical ability, and comprehensively promote the cultivation of students' professional skills in combination with professional practice; Keep pace with the times and constantly expand the teaching content of planning specialty. After more than 30 years of long-term efforts, it has gradually formed the characteristics of paying attention to creativity, openness and practicality in undergraduate teaching and talent training.
① Cultivation of creativity and personality
A large number of interactive and heuristic teaching in design courses;
Diversity and characteristics of design works, non-standardized training mode;
Students take part in a large number of design competitions at home and abroad.
② Openness
Widely carry out academic exchanges at home and abroad, and continue to invite famous architects, planners and landscape architects at home and abroad to teach at the school;
Initiate a Sino-foreign joint design seminar; ;
Combination of extracurricular activities, from campus to society (read thousands of books, take Wan Li Road).
③ Practicality.
Organize professional teaching in combination with engineering practice (the school plans engineering practice projects all over nearly 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China);
Multi-channel comprehensive social practice exercise (social investigation, summer planning team for supporting agriculture, etc.). There are two major directions in the art design department of Huazhong University of Science and Technology: environmental art design and digital art design. 1997 Approved by the Ministry of Education to enroll art and design undergraduates. In 2003, the Department of Art and Design offered a master's degree in "Design Art", and obtained a master's degree in "Art" on October 20, 2009. Its major has experienced more than ten years. Art design major is a new comprehensive subject. In the proportion of its artistic modeling and technical courses, the school's art design majors are mainly architecture, urban planning, civil engineering, computer and other disciplines. Professional courses mainly include: interior design, landscape design (environmental art major); New media art, digital city design, web design, animation design (digital art design major). Wide discipline, thick foundation, emphasis on technology, reasonable teacher-student ratio structure and strict teaching style and study style ensure the quality of students and teaching in the Department of Art and Design.
The Department of Art and Design has excellent teaching space and professional research foundation. 20 13 design art was rated as a key first-class discipline in Hubei province. The Department of Art and Design has 1 "Innovative Experimental Zone of Art and Design Talents Training Mode Based on Engineering Technology Platform" and 1 "Outstanding Talents Support Plan in the New Century" of the Ministry of Education. There are "Digital Art Design Laboratory" and "Decoration Construction Laboratory". Relying on the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, there are "Urban Landscape Design Institute", "Digital City Design Institute" and "New Media Art Institute" jointly organized by Wuhan Chutian Laser Company. By 20 12 years, there have been 13 undergraduate graduates. Graduates' employment units are mainly concentrated in key design units such as architecture, planning, landscape and decoration engineering, decoration engineering companies, large real estate companies, colleges and universities, and graduates have become professional and technical backbone talents of the units. The quality of students, the quality of education and the employment rate of graduates in the Department of Art and Design rank among the top of similar majors in China.
Since 15, the Department of Art and Design has kept close communication with famous universities at home and abroad. In recent years, dozens of students and young teachers have visited many universities in the United States, Germany, Britain, Italy, France and Taiwan Province Province. Some foreign and overseas universities continue to carry out joint teaching with the Department of Art and Design. There are 30 in-service teachers in the Department of Art and Design, including 4 professors, 9 associate professors, lecturers 16, assistants 1, and teachers with master's and doctoral degrees 13.
Dean: Huang Jianjun, Deputy Dean: Xin Yifeng, Dove, Cai Xinyuan. The Landscape Department of Huazhong University of Science and Technology was formerly the Landscape Department of Wuhan Urban Construction College, which was founded in 1960 by Mr. Yu Shuxun, the winner of China Landscape Architecture Lifetime Achievement Award. This school is one of the universities in China No.5 University which named the discipline of "Landscape Architecture". Landscape Architecture Planning and Design, as one of the earliest architectural colleges in China, was established in 1985. Later, the Institute of Landscape Architecture was established with the approval of the Ministry of Construction, and Chen Junyu, the winner of China Landscape Architecture Lifetime Achievement Award and academician of China Academy of Engineering, was appointed as the first director.
At present, the department has formed a complete training system covering undergraduates, master students and doctoral students. Since 1994, it has been authorized by the master's degree in urban planning (landscape architecture); In 2006, it was awarded the master's degree in landscape architecture for the first time, and it was one of the first units in China to have the right to award this degree. In 2007, the major of landscape architecture was approved by the Ministry of Education to resume enrollment, and in 2008, it was awarded two disciplines, namely, Doctor of Engineering Landscape Architecture. 20 12 was awarded the right of two disciplines with a doctorate in landscape planning and design. Based on landscape planning and design, the discipline of Landscape Department has set up four research directions: landscape and landscape design, historical theory and heritage protection of landscape architecture, landscape planning and ecological restoration, and engineering landscape research, which are unique in three fields: landscape and landscape design, urban landscape planning and design, and engineering landscape design.
The faculty structure of this department is reasonable, the echelon is distinct, and it has a diversified international background. At present, there are full-time teachers 15, including 3 professors, 6 associate professors and 6 lecturers, 7 of whom have doctoral degrees, and many of them are from world-class universities specializing in landscape architecture. Teachers in this department have not only made rich achievements in teaching and scientific research, but also undertaken a number of major landscape engineering design projects relying on the first-class qualification of landscape architecture and the first-class qualification of urban planning. Since the National Natural Science Foundation established the direction of "Landscape Architecture Planning, Design and Theory" in 2004, our department has received five grants, ranking second among universities in China. In the past five years, our department has undertaken 85 practical projects; The contract amount is 24.6 million yuan.
Since the establishment of 1960, this major, as an important base of landscape architecture education in China, has trained and transported a large number of landscape architecture professionals for the national urban construction field. A considerable number of graduates have taken the leadership positions in the landscape departments of various provinces and cities and become well-known experts in the fields of landscape architecture and urban planning.
In recent years, the department has accelerated the internationalization process, not only vigorously introduced senior talents with international background, but also maintained continuous and close cooperation and exchanges with Harvard University, Washington University, Berkeley University, University of Sheffield in the UK, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and Chiba University in Japan. Our department invited more than 100 foreign experts to give lectures, and carried out extensive and in-depth academic cooperation such as international course teaching at home and abroad, joint landscape planning and design of Chinese and foreign graduate students. In addition, in recent ten years, five international academic conferences on "New Thinking of City and Landscape" and college students' design competition have been held continuously, which has great academic influence in the industry.
Dean: Vice President: Li Xiong Heping