Wuhan University has a long history of psychology. The Department of Psychology was formally established in 2005. Its predecessor was the Psychology Department of the Philosophy Department of Wuhan University, which was established in 1978. It can be traced back to the Department of Educational Philosophy of National Wuhan University in the 1920s. Many psychologists who have returned from studying in Europe and America have taught here.
The Department of Psychology of Wuhan University, while considering the development trend of world psychology, develops a psychology discipline with China characteristics, aiming at building a leading psychology major with China characteristics in China.
While adhering to scientific psychology, it inherited the tradition of humanistic psychology and advocated "culture-based psychology" and "people-oriented psychology", which became the center of national cultural psychology.
The Department of Psychology of Wuhan University has a team of teachers with high international level, excellent academic background and keen on professional teaching and research. Full-time teachers 19, all graduated from famous universities and scientific research institutions at home and abroad, of which 74% have an associate professor degree or above. ?
In addition to enrolling undergraduates, the Department of Psychology also has a first-class master's degree program and a doctoral degree program in two disciplines. At present, there are nearly 150 undergraduates and 70 doctoral students.
Since its establishment, the Department of Psychology has been developing continuously. By 2020, five provincial teaching achievement awards, six national courses or textbooks, 1 experimental teaching centers, 17 practical training bases and1educational reform projects will be won, and more than 10 teachers will be awarded school-level or provincial teaching competitions.