Surrounded by East Lake and Luojia Mountain, Wuhan University is known as "the most beautiful university in China" with beautiful campus environment and picturesque scenery. The school covers an area of 5 195 mu with a building area of 27 1 000 square meters. Palace-style buildings combining Chinese and Western styles are simple, elegant and magnificent, and 26 early buildings are listed as "national key cultural relics protection units".

Since the reform and opening up, Wuhan University has taken the lead in carrying out education and teaching reform in domestic universities, and its various undertakings have flourished and its comprehensive strength has been significantly enhanced. From 65438 to 0999, the world authoritative journal Science listed Wuhan University as "one of the most outstanding universities in China". In 2000, Wuhan University merged with Wuhan University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping and Hubei Medical University to form a new Wuhan University, which opened a new page in the reform and development of the university. In the past ten years, the comprehensive strength and core competitiveness of the school have been continuously improved. In 20 19, the school ranked 257th in the QS world university rankings.