Wuhan Institute of Technology (WIT; ; colloquially 武工大, Pinyin: WǔGōngDà) is a university in

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

province, China.

History

The university was founded in 1972 as Hubei Institute of Petrochemical and Chemical Technology (). It was under the administration of the

Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China is a cabinet-level department under the State Council responsible for basic education, vocational education, higher education, and other educational affairs across the country. The Min ...

. In 1980, with the authorization of the Ministry of Education of China, it was renamed Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology (). In 2006 it was renamed again as Wuhan Institute of Technology () by the Ministry of Education.

Organization and administration

WIT has 15 schools: * School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy * School of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering * School of Material Science and engineering * School of Environment and Civil Engineering * School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering * School of Economic management * School of Law & Business * School of computer science and engineering * School of Science * School of Foreign Languages * School of Arts * School of Adult Education * International School * Department of P.E. * School of Telecommunication & Information Engineering

References

External links

Official website (English version)Official website (简体中文版)Official BBS (简体中文)Wuhan Institute of Technology Alumni Network
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