It has been selected into the 985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform, the "11plan", the excellent engineer education and training plan, the national postgraduate plan for building a high-level university, the new engineering research and practice project, the scholarship receiving institution of China government for overseas students in China, and the national college students' cultural quality education base.
The school of Wuhan University of Technology originated from 1898 when Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Huguang, invited the Qing government to establish Hubei Technical School. On May 27th, 2000, it was formed by the merger of Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan Jiaotong University and Wuhan Automobile Institute.
The school has three campuses, covering an area of nearly 4000 mu. There are more than 36,000 undergraduates, 65,438 doctoral and master students and 65,438 international students. There are 5,477 faculty members, including 3,243 full-time teachers.