The history of Wuhan University can be traced back to 1893. Governor Zhang Zhidong 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. 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.

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. There are 3,808 full-time teachers, 29,504 undergraduates, 27,805 postgraduates and 1.830 international students. ?

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Wuhan University.