As a key university under the direct administration of the Education Ministry, Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) has been one of the "State 211 Project" Under the auspices of this program, WUT has achieved great advances as an institution of higher education, particularly in science and technology related WUT is located in Wuhan, the biggest metropolitan city along the Yangtze River, in central C Renowned as "the Thoroughfare Leading to Nine Provinces", Wuhan serves as the biggest inland junction of water, road and air transportation and offers an abundance of natural resources both regionally and within the city The city is also famous as one of the foremost center for science, education and culture in Central C As one of the most important universities in Wuhan, WUT occupies an area of 267 hectares with the total construction area of over 52 million square It has numerous campuses spread through the Wuhan metropolitan WUT has formed a system of diverse disciplines, including engineering, science, literature, management, economics, law, philosophy, history, education, medicine and many There are 79 undergraduate programs, 153 postgraduate programs (including MBA, MPA and MFA), 62 doctoral programs and 13 post-doctoral research WUT has also established 3 national key laboratories and industrial experiment bases as well as 24 provincial/ministerial key laboratories and engineering research WUT has attached great importance to the development of its Currently, there are approximately 6,000 full time employees, among whom there are 3,000 faculty members, including 582 professors, 1,173 associate professors, 6 academicians both of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2 scholars of the "One-thousand-talent Plan", 2 chief scientists of the "973 Program" and the "Important Sci-tech Research Plan", 5 Cheung Kong scholars, 13 Chutian Scholars, 75 young experts with prominent national and provincial contributions, 4 experts of the "National Excellent Youth Foundation", 9 experts of the "New Century One-hundred-million-talent Project" and 212 experts with special governmental In total, there are 36,100 undergraduate, 16,200 postgraduate and doctorate students and 450 overseas In recent years, WUT has undertaken massive projects in collaboration with the National Natural Science Foundation, National 973 Program, National 863 Program, National Sci-tech Supporting Plan as well as ministerial and key provincial research By grasping this myriad of opportunities to collaborate with industry and government, WUT has generated an annual increase in its research fund, which reached RMB 420 million in In that same year, WUT also obtained 57 scientific and technological achievement prizes at the national, ministerial and provincial levels, 205 granted patents together with 1,223 Sci-tech papers indexed by SCI, EI and ISTP Over the years, a series of advanced research achievements have been attained in a diverse array of applied and research oriented fields including fiber optic sensors, high-speed ship engineering, electric vehicles, new materials, harbor machinery and advanced The WUT Sci-tech Park, located in Wuhan-China Optics Valley, has an area of 3 hectares, contributing an income of RMB 08 billion in On the basis of cultivating high-quality and adaptable talent, great motivation and a strong atmosphere of innovation, WUT has demonstrated its dedication to the improvement of students' overall qualities and innovation Moreover, a set of national experimental teaching and demonstration centers (Material Science and Engineering Experiment Teaching Center, Mechanical and Electronic Engineering Experiment Training Center, National Chemical Instruction Base for Fundamental Courses of Engineering, National College Students' Culture and All-round Development Education Base, 3 Innovative Experiment Bases for National Talent Cultivation Mode) have become more and more mature, continually producing cutting edge educational Furthermore, WUT is also a model university for the National College English Teaching R In 2007, WUT was graded as having excellent achievement in undergraduate education by the Higher Education Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of E Up until now, there have been 16 national excellence courses, 63 provincial and ministerial excellence courses, 9 national excellence teaching achievements and 68 provincial and ministerial teaching The post-graduation employment rate has been kept stable at over 94% WUT has and continues to greatly emphasize The university has established programs with over 100 universities and research institutes in the US, the UK, Japan, Australia, Germany, Holland, Russia, France and I WUT has also invited distinguished scholars from all over the world to give lectures on campus and granted 200 of them guest and honorary Each year, as many as 1,000 foreign visiting scholars spend time on WUT's campuses, 600 students go abroad for further education and almost 400 teachers spend time overseas for visiting and cooperative research WUT has also developed strong ties with industrial and governmental To this end, the university has successfully established 3 Boards of Directors supported by enterprises in the building materials and construction engineering, transportation and automotive These boards include representatives of 65 key businesses in the building materials sector, 50 in transportation industry and 66 in automotive industry in C There are also now 52 Alumni Associations collaborating with the General WUT Alumni Office and 95 local-governmental joint bases for production, study and research throughout China's 32 provincial administration WUT holds regular meetings of the board of industries and the board of With the principle of "Educating People First and Academic Advancement Prioritized", WUT has always been striving to keep her motto--"Sound in Morality, Broad in Learning and Pursuing Excellence" The university also endeavors to extend itself in four fundamental directions: promoting individuality, harmony, internationalization and WUT presently aims to transform itself into a first-class university in China and establish some of its featured programs as being among the best in the In attaining these goals, WUT will be an open, multi-disciplinary, and individualized research-oriented university by