Located in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, it is a university jointly established by the Hubei Provincial People's Government, the Ministry of Education and six national super-large enterprises.

The school has three campuses: Qingshan, Huangjiahu and Hongshan, with a total campus area of 1.7 1.43 million square meters and a school building area of 1.29 million square meters. At present, there are 20 teaching colleges, offering 78 undergraduate majors, 8 post-doctoral research stations and 8 first-class discipline doctoral degree authorization points.