武汉景点英文介绍.docxVIP

Wuhan University of TechnologyWuhan University of Technology (WUT) is located in Wuhan, the largest city in Central China and a famous Chinese “River City”. The university has three main campuses, namely, the Mafangshan Campus, the Yujiatou Campus and the South Lake new Campus, with a total occupying land area of 267 hectares.WUT was merged on May 27th 2000, from the former Wuhan University of Technology (established in 1948), Wuhan Transportation University (established in 1946) and Wuhan Automotive Polytechnic University (established in 1958). WUT is one of the leading Chinese universities under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education and one of the universities constructed in priority by the “State 211 Project” for Chinese higher education institutions; its Material Science and Engineering entered the “State 985 Project” for world excellent disciplines. WUT ranked 39 according to Times Higher Educations Asia University Rankings 2014 Top 100.?Currently, WUT has about 5,500 staff members, including 675 professors, over 1290 associate professors, 2 academicians of China Academy of Engineering and 1 member of the Royal Academy of Belgium. Besides, the University has held open global recruitment of 7 foreign famous professors to be its “Strategic Scientists” in the area of Materials Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture Ocean Engineering. The University owns 23 academic schools, 8 state key disciplines, 74 Doctoral programs, 188 Masters programs as well as 87 Bachelors programs. Besides, over 36,700 undergraduates, 16000 postgraduates (including Master and PhD students), and about 800 international students are studying at WUT.WUT possesses 23 innovative research centers with international leading level including two State Key Laboratories, one State Engineering Laboratory and ministerial or provincial level laboratories in the areas of new materials, new energy, transportation and logistics, mechatronics and automobile, i