WuhanUniversity, referred to as "Wu Da" for short, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), the first batch of "double first-class" universities in China, and the national "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project" key universities.

Wuhan University can be traced back to 1893, when Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Huguang, founded the School of Self-improvement in Wuchang. After inheritance and evolution, it was named National Wuhan University in 1928, which was the first batch of national universities in modern China, and was renamed in 1949. 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 the new Wuhan University.

The main disciplines include:

1, world-class discipline construction discipline (10):

Theoretical economics, law, Marxist theory, chemistry, geophysics, biology, surveying and mapping science and technology, mining engineering, stomatology, library information and file management.

2, the national key disciplines (5, a discipline):

Theoretical economics, biology, hydraulic engineering, surveying and mapping science and technology, library information and file management.

3, the national key disciplines (17, two disciplines):

Marxist philosophy, China philosophy, finance, environmental and resource protection law, international law, basic principles of Marxism, modern and contemporary literature of China, ancient history of China, world history, basic mathematics, condensed matter physics, radio physics, analytical chemistry, cartography and geographic information system (geography in two disciplines), computer software and theory, basic stomatology and social security.

4, the national key (cultivation) disciplines (6):

Constitution and administrative law, ideological and political education, China ancient literature, French language and literature, space physics, internal medicine (cardiovascular disease).