Wuhan University

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Wuhan University (WHU) is a comprehensive and critical national university directly under the Ministry of Education administration.
The history of Wuhan University can be traced back to the Ziqiang Institute, founded in 1893 by Zhang Zhidong, the then governor of Hubei Province and Hunan Province in the late Qing Dynasty. In development and evolution, the institute changed its name several times before it was finally named Wuhan National University in 1928. It is one of the earliest comprehensive national universities in modern China. By the end of 1946, the university had established six colleges, the colleges of liberal art, law, sciences, engineering, agriculture, and medicine. In 2000, an amalgamation of the former Wuhan University, Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electric Engineering, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, and Hubei Medical University was announced in a new era in its 100-odd years of development.
For the past century, Wuhan University has built an elegant palatial architectural complex of primitive simplicity that blends perfectly the eastern architectural style with that of the west. It is honored as the "Most Beautiful University in China." Furthermore, Wuhan University's centennial humanistic accumulation boils down to its succinct motto, that is, "Self-improvement, Perseverance, Truth-seeking & Innovation."
For the past century, Wuhan University has built an elegant palatial architectural complex of primitive simplicity that blends perfectly the eastern architectural style with that of the west. It is honored as the "Most Beautiful University in China." Furthermore, Wuhan University's centennial humanistic accumulation boils down to its succinct motto, that is, "Self-improvement, Perseverance, Truth-seeking & Innovation."
Since its establishment, Wuhan University has cultivated more than 300 thousand professional talents in various occupations. There are over 100 members of the Chinese Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. They have made significant contributions to national construction and social advancement. The remarkable achievements of Wuhan University have won itself an extensive international reputation. In 1999, the world-renowned journalSciencelisted Wuhan University as one of the most prominent institutions of higher education in China.
Now WHU has signed cooperation agreements with more than 400 universities and research institutions in over 70 countries and regions for in-depth cooperation of high quality in various fields, including the University of Chicago, Duke University, University of Cambridge, and London School of Economics and Political Science(LSE), National University of Singapore, Erasmus University Rotterdam(EUR), Université Paris Diderot-Paris, etc.
WHU aims to cultivate talents with international perspectives by introducing overseas high-quality education resources, joint education programs with foreign universities, and student exchange in the long term and short term. Every year more than 2000 students are sent to partner universities for exchange and further study. WHU boasts a friendly international academic exchange atmosphere, receiving around 1000 important foreign delegations per year and hiring about 100 foreign experts as permanent faculty. More than 30 international academic meetings are held here annually. Moreover, WHU has a particular advantage in the contacts with France through many high-level exchange projects, which were acclaimed as "the model for China-France cooperation" by the former French president Jacques Chirac.

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