The national key universities and South China University of Technology directly under the Ministry of Education were originally Huazhong University of Science and Technology 1. In 2000, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Tongji Medical University, and now South China University of Technology is also referred to as "South China University of Technology".

2. Wuhan Urban Construction College and Cadre Management College of Ministry of Science and Technology merged to form Huazhong University of Science and Technology.