The predecessor of Hubei University of Technology is Hubei Agricultural Machinery College.
Hubei University of Technology was founded in 1952. 1984 Hubei Institute of Technology was formed by the merger of the former Hubei Institute of Light Industry and the former Hubei Institute of Agricultural Machinery, and was renamed Hubei University of Technology in 2004. At present, there are 17 teaching units such as mechanical engineering college, electrical and electronic engineering college, materials and chemical engineering college, bioengineering and food college. There are nearly 20,000 full-time undergraduates, more than 7,000 graduate students and nearly 1000 international students.
Hubei University of Technology is a multidisciplinary university focusing on engineering, covering nine disciplines including engineering, humanities, science, art, economy, management, law, teaching and medicine. The school was founded on 1952. 1984 Hubei Institute of Light Industry and Hubei Institute of Agricultural Machinery merged to form Hubei Institute of Technology. In 2004, it was renamed Hubei University of Technology.
The school is a key construction university in Hubei Province, and has been positioned as a "leading and exemplary university with a high level of higher education system in Hubei Province" by the provincial party committee and government. It has a rich level of running a school and has the right to recommend outstanding undergraduates to study for master's degrees and confer doctoral degrees without examination.
The school has more than 400 full-time teachers/kloc-0. Among them, there are more than 700 teachers with senior titles, more than 800 full-time doctoral and master's tutors, and the proportion of teachers with doctoral degrees exceeds 65%. At present, there are 27 national talents and 88 provincial experts/kloc-0.
Discipline construction:
The school has 1 double first-class construction discipline in Hubei province, 1 dominant discipline in Hubei province, 5 characteristic disciplines in Hubei province, 4 key (cultivation) disciplines in Hubei province and 4 dominant characteristic disciplines in Hubei province. There are 2 doctoral degree authorization points in the first-level discipline, 2 master degree authorization points in the first-level discipline1,and 2 master degree authorization categories1.
"Food science and engineering, power electronics engineering and bioengineering" entered the "world-class discipline" of soft science, and "engineering and agricultural science" entered 1% before ESI.