Wuhan University of Technology

Overview

Wuhan University of Technology

Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) is a public research university located in the Wuchang District of Wuhan in Hubei, China. It was formally established in 2000 through a merger of three universities that include the Wuhan University of Technology. Today, WUT has a Double First-Class Discipline status as a university and is considered among the leading institutions accredited by the Chinese Ministry of Education.

Wuhan University of Technology Key Statistics

The university is organized into 25 academic schools, including the School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, the School of Computer Science and Technology, the School of Logistics Engineering, and the School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Life Science. It offers 96 bachelor's, 226 master's, and 77 doctoral degree programs.

WUT has a population of more than 36,000 undergraduates and approximately 18,000 master’s and Ph.D. students. Among these, about 1,700 are international students. Meanwhile, it employs over 5,400 staff and faculty members in its three main campuses: the Mafangshan Campus, the Yujiatou Campus, and the South Lake New Campus.

Other Wuhan University of Technology key statistics include its library system, which comprises four main libraries: Nanhu Library, Xiyuan Library, Dongyuan Library, and Yujiatou Library. They are further divided into 24 branch libraries. These libraries house a collection of more than 3.2 million printed documents, 30,000 kinds of e-journals, 5.8 million ebooks, and 8.5 million e-dissertations.

Wuhan University of Technology Research

WUT is a university that aims to build multidisciplinary, open, and distinctive research programs. Since its establishment, it has already served as home to 40 national, provincial, and ministerial research bases, five subject innovation and intelligence introduction bases, as well as four international scientific and technological cooperation bases. They have also undertaken over 5,000 science and technology projects using CN¥10.532 billion in research funds as of 2019. In addition, the university has won 1,083 scientific and technological achievements awards.

The university's top three research fields are materials science, chemical engineering, and nanotechnology. Its researchers have been published in publications like Applied Catalysis B-environmental, Advanced Materials, and the Journal of Materials Chemistry. Its researchers had been invited to attend and/or present papers at international conferences, such as the Joint International Conference on Information Sciences, Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, and Soft Computing.

The most cited publication from Wuhan University of Technology research is Xiang et al.’s (2012) “Graphene-based semiconductor photocatalysts,” published in Chemical Society Reviews, with a total of 2,514 citations to date. The second most cited paper is Yu et al.’s (2002) “Effects of F- doping on the photocatalytic activity and microstructures of nanocrystalline TiO2 powders,” published in Chemistry of Materials. It has received a total of 2,476 citations.

Meanwhile, the university’s third most cited paper is Cao, et al.’s (2015) “Polymeric photocatalysts based on graphitic carbon nitride,” published in Advanced Materials. It has been cited by papers, articles, and other publications around 2,249 times so far.

Its research centers and relevant facilities include the State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, the National Engineering Research Center for Water Transport Safety, the National Engineering Research Center for Water Transport Safety, and the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing.