I. Introduction of Wuhan University
1. Wuhan University, referred to as "Wu Da" for short, is a comprehensive national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). Ranked among "world-class universities and disciplines", "985 project" and "2 1 1 project"; Selected as an independent audit institution with degree authorization, Everest Plan, Strong Foundation Plan, 20 1 1 plan,11plan, and excellent engineer education and training plan.
2. The history of Wuhan University can be traced back to 1893. Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Huguang, invited the Qing government to establish a self-improvement school. Later, it was named National Wuhan University on 1928, which was the first batch of national universities in modern China.
3. In 2000, Wuhan University merged with Wuhan University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping and Hubei Medical University to form a new Wuhan University. As of March, 20021year, the school covers an area of 5 195 mu with a building area of 2.73 million square meters. Set up 34 colleges (departments) of 6 universities and 3 first-class affiliated hospitals; There are 49 first-class doctoral programs, 59 first-class master programs and 127 undergraduate programs.
Two. Brief introduction of graduate school of Wuhan University
1. The postgraduate education of Wuhan University began at 1935 and has a history of more than 80 years. 1955, Wuhan University enrolled the first batch of graduate students after the founding of New China. 1978, interrupted by the "Cultural Revolution" 10 years of postgraduate education resumed; 198 1 became the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units approved by the State Council.
2. From 65438 to 0984, it became one of the earliest universities in China to set up graduate schools. In 2002, it became one of the 34 schools that set their own retest scores. Since the establishment of the Graduate School of Wuhan University, it has persisted in reform, promoted innovation, strengthened management, and made great efforts to improve the quality of postgraduate training.
3. After 20 years of rapid development, Wuhan University has established a degree and postgraduate education system with complete disciplines, distinctive academic advantages and characteristics, diverse degree types, large scale, strong faculty, sound management system, guaranteed training quality and relatively perfect teaching facilities.