The first-level disciplines of public management in Wuhan University include administrative management, social medicine and health management, educational economy and management, social security, land resource management, and public economic management. The following focuses on three:

Labor and social security majors study the theories, laws and methods of labor and social security. It is an applied major that pays attention to the combination of theory and practice and the cultivation of students' practical skills. Cultivate senior professionals who are well-developed morally, intellectually and physically, familiar with the theory and practice of social security at home and abroad, have solid professional basic knowledge and extensive professional knowledge, can engage in labor and social security operation and management, and have theoretical research ability and teaching ability. The main professional courses are: management, management, policy, economics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, finance, labor economics, social security theory, social insurance, human resource management, social security fund management, international comparison of social security system, linear algebra, probability theory, statistics, social welfare and social relief, labor law and society. Graduates can engage in practical work in government labor and social security departments, human resources management departments of enterprises and institutions, insurance companies, and engage in research and teaching in relevant scientific research institutions and institutions of higher learning.

Public management majors study the laws and methods of government management of public utilities, such as medical and health services and education. ) and internal management of public institutions. It is an application-oriented major that pays attention to the combination of theory and practice and the cultivation of students' practical operation skills. Cultivate senior professionals who are fully developed morally, intellectually and physically, familiar with the theory and practice of Chinese and foreign enterprise management, have solid professional basic knowledge and extensive business knowledge, can engage in the practical operation of public enterprise management, and have theoretical research ability and teaching ability. The main professional courses are: health management, health economics, health law, hospital management, pharmacy management, introduction to basic medicine, introduction to clinical medicine, insurance, administration, organizational behavior, introduction to social security, etc. Graduates can engage in public utilities management in government health administrative departments, medical research departments, education administrative departments and institutions of higher learning, and engage in scientific research and teaching in relevant scientific research institutions and teaching institutions.

Administration majors study the administrative activities, laws and methods of state administrative organs, enterprises and institutions, and non-governmental institutions. It is an applied major that pays attention to the combination of theory and practice and the cultivation of students' practical skills. Cultivate senior professionals who are well-developed morally, intellectually and physically, familiar with the theory and practice of Chinese and foreign administrative management, have solid basic professional knowledge and extensive professional knowledge, can engage in the practical operation of administrative management, and have theoretical research ability and teaching ability. The main professional courses are: administration, administrative organization, human resource management, organizational behavior, public sector decision analysis, administrative law, management, public policy, public economics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, national civil service system, social investigation theory and methods, political science principles, western administrative management theory and so on. Graduates can engage in practical work such as administrative management and human resource management in state administrative organs, enterprises and institutions, non-governmental institutions, and also engage in research and teaching in relevant scientific research institutions and institutions of higher learning.

Public relations are different from public management, and public relations are public relations. Students majoring in public management are all majoring in this major, which can be said to be related to public management, but it cannot be said that public management is public relations, which are two completely different concepts.

Public relations refers to the two-way communication between organizations and the public.

Students majoring in media should also study public relations.