According to official website of Wuhan University, Wuhan University is a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education. It is the first batch of "double-first-class" universities under the national "985 Project" and "21Project".

Wuhan University is located in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province, enjoying the reputation of "thoroughfare of nine provinces" and convenient transportation. The school covers an area of 346 hectares, backed by Luojia Mountain and facing East Lake, with trees and flowers in full bloom. Chinese and Western architecture is simple and elegant, majestic and spectacular, and is known as "the most beautiful university in China".