Wuhan Institute of Technology was founded in June, 1972, formerly known as Hubei Institute of Chemical Technology and Petroleum, under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province. 1980 In March, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, it was renamed Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology and changed to the former head of the Chemical Industry Department. 1July, 998, with the adjustment of the management system of colleges and universities, the school was placed under the management of Hubei Province, which was jointly established by the central and local governments and mainly managed by Hubei Province. In the same year, the school passed the undergraduate teaching qualification assessment of the Ministry of Education and obtained the right to award master's degrees. In February 2006, with the approval of the Ministry of Education and the Hubei Provincial People's Government, it was officially renamed Wuhan Institute of Technology. In 20 12, the school was selected as the basic capacity building project of colleges and universities in the central and western regions (small 2 1 1 project). In 20 13, the school was recognized as a doctoral degree awarding unit by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee.

By the end of 20 15 and 1 1, the school has two campuses, Wuchang and Liu Fang, covering an area of about 1.309 million square meters. The school building covers an area of 966,000 square meters; Fixed assets 1, 4 1 billion yuan, of which the total value of teaching instruments and equipment is 240 million yuan. There are 15 colleges, 1 department, 1 research and design institute and 1 independent college. There are 59 undergraduate majors, including 22 full-time students193 and on-the-job staff 1862, including full-time teaching and research staff 1207, 242 teachers with full-time senior titles and 4 associate senior titles.