Jianghan University, located in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, is a comprehensive university, which implements the * * * school-running system of co-construction of provinces and cities, and is selected as a "double-first-class" university in Hubei Province to build a "domestic first-class discipline construction university".

The school's predecessor was Jianghan University and Hankou Branch of Huazhong University of Science and Technology founded by 198 1, Wuhan Education College founded by 1952, and Wuhan Staff Medical College founded by 1958. 200 1 10 The Ministry of Education approved the establishment of Jianghan University on the basis of the merger of four universities. In March 2009, with the approval of Hubei Provincial People's Government, Hubei Institute of Chemistry was merged into Jianghan University. ? In September, 20021,the Ministry of Science and Technology approved the construction of the State Key Laboratory of Fine Blasting relying on Jianghan University.

By February 2023, the school had a total area of 2,036 mu and a building area of 754,800 square meters. There are 22 teaching units and 77 undergraduate majors; There are 1 authorized point for doctoral degree in first-class discipline, 9 authorized points for master's degree in first-class discipline, and1authorized category for master's degree.

At present, there are 1269 full-time teachers, including Gao Zheng 19 1 person and 500 junior high school students. The proportion of teachers with doctoral degrees reached 50.4%. Two academicians of China Academy of Sciences, two academicians of China Academy of Engineering, 20 candidates for national talent plan and 43 candidates for provincial talent plan were hired. As of 20 18, 12, the school has 8 affiliated hospitals.

In 2022, the discipline of 1 university 1 1 in Hubei Province was identified as the first-class discipline construction discipline in provincial universities. Among them, materials science and engineering of Wuhan University of Science and Technology, textile science and engineering of wuhan textile University, biology of Hubei University and chemical engineering and technology of Jianghan University have been identified as the key construction disciplines of provincial universities.