The school's predecessor was Huazhong Institute of Technology, one of the four major engineering schools founded by 1952, Shanghai Wende Medical College founded by 1907, and Hubei Technical School founded by the Qing government founded by 1898. Through inheritance and development, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Tongji Medical University and Wuhan Urban Construction College were merged and established in 2000.

As of 2065438+March 2008, the school covers an area of more than 7000 mu; At present, there are 45 colleges and 98 undergraduate majors with more than 3,000 full-time teachers, including more than 2,300 full-time professors. There are 2 14 master's degree authorization points and 183 doctor's degree authorization points, 39 postdoctoral research mobile stations and 8 affiliated third-class first-class hospitals.

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Huazhong University of Science and Technology is a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education. On May 26th, 2000, it was formed by the merger of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Tongji Medical University and Wuhan Institute of Urban Construction. It is one of the national key construction universities of "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project", and it is the first batch of "double first-class" construction universities.

The school campus covers an area of more than 7,000 mu, with lush trees and lush grass, elegant environment and beautiful scenery, with a green coverage rate of 72%. It is called "Forest University". The school has a complete teaching and research support system and complete public service facilities.

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Huazhong University of Science and Technology official website-school profile