The school was founded in 1958, formerly known as wuhan textile Institute of Technology, under the former Ministry of Textile Industry of China; 1998 was placed under the management of Hubei provincial people's government; 20 10 was renamed wuhan textile university.
The school has 4 specialties with national characteristics, 7 national first-class specialty construction sites 17, 3 specialties with engineering education certification from the Ministry of Education, 8 specialties with "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan", 7 brands in Hubei Province and 6 provincial first-class specialty construction sites 16. The school has a national-level teaching team and a national-level talent training mode reform experimental area, including three national first-level undergraduate courses, six national excellent open courses, the Ministry of Education 1 new engineering research and practice project, and two new liberal arts research and reform practice projects.