Huazhong University of Science and Technology was founded as a result of the merger of the former Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the former Tongji Medical University, the former Wuhan Urban Construction Institute, and the former Wuhan Science and Technology Vocational College on May 26th, 2000.

History of the Former HUST and Huazhong Institute of Technology
History of Former Tongji Medical University
History of Former Wuhan Urban Construction Institute

History of the Former HUST and Huazhong Institute of Technology

On May 26, 2000, the former HUST, the former Tongji Medical University, the former Wuhan Urban Construction Institute, and the former Wuhan Science and Technology Vocational College merged to form the new Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

In 1996 and 1997, university leaders of HUST changed sequentially.

Research fund in 1994 reached 76.4 million yuan, 60 times more than that in 1978, ranking the fourth among institutions of higher education that were under the direct supervision of the State Education Commission. From 1978 to 1994, 1,899 research projects were accomplished, and 848 of them were awarded, including 82 national-level awards, and 626 provincial or ministry-level awards. Meanwhile, 1,422 national patents were achieved, and 18,735 papers were published in the domestic and international academic journals and academic conferences. According to the news issued by ISTIC (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China) in December 1994, 1,032 papers from HUST were domestically published in 1993. HUST was hence reported to be "the first university to have over 1,000 published papers in China", not only topping the list of the national colleges and universities, but also ranking the first in the whole nation. The numbers of papers indexed by EI and ISTP both ranked the seventh among national institutions of higher education, and the number of papers included in SCI ranked the eleventh.

In the 1994 - 1995 school year, there were 495 doctoral students, 1,737 postgraduates, 9,375 undergraduates, 1,895 junior college students, 3,938 undergraduates and junior college students of evening and correspondence courses, and 50 international students. The total number of students reached 17,490, and HUST became one of the several largest universities in our country.

The year 1994 marked the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Graduate School. At that time, there were 31 PhD programs, 111 PhD supervisors, 7 post-doctoral research stations, and 76 master’s programs. In 1994, 710 postgraduates and 178 PhD candidates were recruited. Compared with 1978, the number of enrolled postgraduates increased 12 times to 2,232.

From the fall semester of 1995 on, the credit system, which was fit for the condition of HUST, has been fully implemented.

In 1994, in addition to the two schools with different educational levels - the Graduate School and Continuing Education School, HUST also established School of Science, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, School of Biological Engineering and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Architecture and Engineering, School of Energy Science and Engineering, School of Economics, School of Information Science and Engineering, and School of Business Administration.

In January 1988, Huazhong Institute of Technology was renamed Huazhong University of Science & Technology under the approval of the State Education Commission.

On December 26, 1984, the Ministry of Education officially announced "the notice on the appointment and removal of the leadership team of Huazhong Institute of Technology". According to the announcement, Li Dehuan was appointed Party Secretary, Huang Shuhuai was appointed President, and Zhu Jiusi was named Honorary President.

During the period of the 6th Five-Year Plan, HIT accomplished a total of 294 research projects, among which more than 100 were award-winning. There were 10 National Invention Awards, 5 National Research Awards of the 6th Five-Year Plan, 5 National Science and Technology Progress Awards, 12 National Defense Science and Technology Achievement Awards, and 50 Science and Technology Achievement Awards at the ministerial level.

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From 1984 to 1986, HIT shifted the focus to the improvement of quality. On July 13, 1984, the Graduate School was formally established, and HIT was one of the 22 universities that were the first to be entitled to establish Graduate Schools.

In 1980, the Chinese Language Research Institute was set up. The Department of Foreign Languages was also established in the same year, offering the specialty of English for Science and Technology. In 1983, with the establishment of the specialty of Technical Economy, the Department of Economics was founded.

In 1983, the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council approved 10 master’s programs, 4 PhD programs and the posts for 4 PhD supervisors to HIT. The number of the enrolled postgraduates increased dramatically. 221, 207 and 287 postgraduate students were admitted in 1981, 1982 and 1983 respectively. There were 636 enrolled postgraduates by the end of 1983.

Between 1980 and 1983, the disciplinary structure at HIT was reformed and "Three Transfers" was brought about. The content of the "Three Transfers" was: 1. build up the institute into a center of education as well as scientific research; 2. turn the institute into a comprehensive university offering liberal arts, science, engineering and management disciplines; 3. promote postgraduate-education to the prime position while nurturing undergraduates successfully.

In 1979, the Department of Management Engineering was set up and the discipline of Materials Management was established.

On August 10th, 1979, Zhu Jiusi served as Party Secretary of HIT, with Wang Shuren, Sun Shenghai and Yang Yu as Deputy Party Secretary. The Ministry of Education appointed Zhu Jiusi President of HIT, Wang Shuren, Sun Shenghai, Liu Ying, Chen Yan, Ma Liuyi, Liu Duoxing, Liu Ang, Zhu Depei, and Sun Baoku Vice President, and Liu Qiancai, Zhang Hongqin Consultant of HIT.

During the period from 1977 to 1979,the aim of HIT was to build up itself into a socialist modern university of science and technology within the 20th century. Efforts were made to develop the institute into a center of education as well as scientific research.

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In Oct. 1975, the number of departments increased to 36. There were 1,655 faculty members, 2,500 workers and 3,600 students. The annual research expenditure that year reached 2.0594 million yuan.

 Huazhong Institute of Technology is the first technological institute where the discipline of liberal arts was established. Some liberal arts and social sciences institutions were aftermath set up such as Chinese Language Research Institute, Philosophy Research Institute,Economics Research Institute and Sociology Research Institute.

In 1966, the comprehensive strength of HIT greatly improved. However, it was still a multidisciplinary technology institute focusing on teaching and education of undergraduate students. There were 6 departments, 20 undergraduate programs, 1097 faculty members and 1664 workers. The student number was 6087. The annual research expenditure reached 0.9 million yuan.

From 1966 to 1976, after the chaotic moments in the early days of the Cultural Revolution, HIT strived to run the institute successfully under strenuous conditions. During this decade, HIT accomplished 25 projects that filled the gaps in China’s research fields.

In 1960, Huazhong Institute of Technology was assessed as one of the state key universities.

In 1960, HIT was evaluated to be a national key university under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of China.

After the nationwide restructuring of institutes of higher education, HIT (short for Huazhong Institute of Technology) was established on Oct. 15th, 1953 in Wuchang District of Wuhan City. It consisted of all the Departments of Mechanic Engineering and Electrical Engineering Divisions of the Departments of Electric Engine from the former Wuhan University, the former Hunan University and the former Guangxi University as well as the Power Engineering Division and Electrical Engineering Division of the Department of Mechanic Engineering from South China Institute of Technology. HIT was an engineering university defined by electromechanics. There were eight undergraduate programs, 314 full-time faculty members and 2,639 undergraduate students at that time.

In 1953, when HIT was established, the first president was physicist Zha Qian and the first Party Secretary was Peng Tianqi.

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History of Former Tongji Medical University

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In 2000, the biological post-doctoral research center for the first-class discipline was added to the previous research centers.

In September 1997, Huang Guangying was raised as chairman of committee and Hong Guangxiang was the president. In the same year, the credit-based system was fully carried out.

In November 1994, the University was approved to set up clinical medicine, public health and preventive medicine post-doctoral research centers.

In 1993, Wuhan division of the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine was set up on the campus. In the same year, the Faculty of Preventive Medicine, the Faculty of Environmental Medicine, the Faculty of Health Management and the Educational Technology Center for Health were established.

In June 1992, Liu Shumao took the post of chairman of the committee, and Xue Delin was president. In October, Wuhan Division of Chinese Academy of Medical Science was set up on the campus.

In 1991, Department of Maternal & Child Health was set up. The university was approved to establish the centre for basic medicine post-doctoral studies.

In 1989, the clinical medicine started to admit international students.

In 1988, seven-year clinical medicine was set up.

In February 1987, Division of Social Science was set up based on Marxism-Leninism Research Office. In the same year, the headmaster-directed system was carried out. In November, Liu Shumao became the chairman of the committee.

In 1984, Wu Zaide took the post of the president of the college, and Qiu Fazu the Honorary President.

In July 1984, Wuhan Medical College changed its name to Tongji Medical University. Wu Zaide remained to be president and Qiu Fazu Honorary President. From that year on, the university initiated the new system combined with credit-based system and term-based system among students.

In 1982, the college set up the training centre for health managerial cadres, and opened up a three-year specializing course for health management.

In February 1981, Zhang Zesheng was appointed temporary chairman of Tongji Medical Committee, and Qiu Fazu president of Wuhan Medical College. In November, Approved by the Academic Degrees Committee under the State Council, the school became the first batch of doctoral, master's and bachelor's degree granting institutions.

In 1980, the Department of Medicine reopened the six-year German medicine classes.

Since 1978, the college was in the charge of the Ministry of Health, and it was led by both the Ministry of Health and Hubei Provincial government. In the same year, environmental medicine was added inside the Health Department. Since then, all the disciplines recruited post-graduates.

In 1976, the college resumed the path of healthy development after the successful convocation of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the CPC, during which, the ideological line of seeking truth from facts and the policy of bringing order out of chaos were established.

In 1971, the college started to admit workers, peasants and soldiers as its students. In 1972, the college set up the Department of Pharmacy.

 In 1965, Su Xing was the chairman of Tongji Medical College committee. Since 1966, the admission work had been suspended for five years.

IIn 1962, approved by the Ministry of Health, Wuhan Medical College, as one of the first batch of medical colleges around the country who undertook a reform, reformed itself to a six-year college. The same year, German medical classes came into being inside the clinical department and regular German classes were set up.

In June 1960, the third Party Congress of Wuhan Medical College elected the third Party Committee and set up the Standing Committee. Li Guangyu served as the Party secretary for another term.

In April 1959, the second Party Congress of Wuhan Medical College elected the second Party Committee. The Party secretary was Li Guangyu.

In March 1958, Li Guangyu was appointed as the Party secretary and the Department of Pediatrics (suspended in 1962 and reopened in 1978) was added.

In February 1957, the first Party Congress of Wuhan Medical College was held, at which, the first Party Committee and the standing committee members were elected. At the same time, Yin Chuanzhao was appointed as the Party secretary.

In 1956, College began to enroll postgraduate students.

In March 1955, Tongji Hospital moved to Wuhan from Shanghai to complete the latter part of the whole relocation.
In June, the relocation and reestablishment of Tongji was accomplished after the Hankou Union Hospital was incorporated into Central-South Tongji Medical College as an affiliated hospital.
In August, Central-South Tongji Medical College was renamed as Wuhan Medical College, the director of which was Tang Zhe. The same year, the Department of Public Health was established by teachers and students of the previous Public Health Centre and also part of the teachers and students from Shandong Medical Hospital.

In February 1950, under the order of central government, the Medical School of Shanghai Tongji University and the affiliated Tongji Hospital moved into Wuhan to be combined with the Medical School of Wuhan University into "Central-South Tongji Medical College", in the charge of the Ministry of Health of Central-South Military and Political Committee.

In May 1949, the establishment of School Council of Tongji University came after the liberation of Shanghai with Tang Zhe serving as the Standing Committee of School Council and dean of the School of Medicine.

In 1937, the addition of schools of art, science and law made it into a comprehensive and multidisciplinary university.

On May 20, 1924, approved by the Ministry of Education, School became "Tongji Medical University" (that is why the School celebration Day was on May 20th). In August 1927, while taken over by the Education Ministry of Nanking national government, it was renamed as "National Tongji University", the original medicine and engineering respectively renamed to School of Medicine and School of Engineering.

In 1917, the First World War came to an end. Then on April 23, an order came from Ministry of Education that School was to be relocated to Chinese private school and run by Chinese board of directors, directly under the Ministry of Education. In November that year, the school changed its name to Private Tongji School Specializing in Engineering and Medicine. In 1922, the school moved to Wusong Town.

In 1912, with the addition of engineering courses, "Tongji German Medical School" changed its name again to "Tongji Medical and Engineering School", encompassing three subjects - medicine, engineering and German.

In 1908, "Shanghai German Medical School" changed its name to "Tongji German Medical School" as "Tongji", a homophonic word of German word "Deutsch", means cooperation and mutual help between German and Chinese.

In 1907, German Doctor Paulun Erich launched the "Shanghai German Medical School" and set up an 18-member board of directors, including three founding members of German medical association-Paulun, Schab Oscar von and Volker, three German businessmen - Lemke, Michelau and Rainer, two Chinese businessmen - Zhu Baosan (The Finance Minster of Hujun Dudufu and Director of Shanghai Business Council) and Yu Qiaqing (ABN AMRO Bank comprador) as well as Lai Haier Von Lueth, vice consul of Consulate-General. Panlun was elected as Chairman of the Board and President of School, taking charge of all the school work. The school was located in Baike Road (now Fengyang Road), opposite to Tongji Hospital. On October 1st, 1907, the opening ceremony was held in Medical School.

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History of Former Wuhan Urban Construction Institute

In August 1983, the new campus of Wuhan Urban Construction Institute was rebuilt at the foot of Ma'an Shan and bordering East Lake, Wuhan, with Jiufeng Forest Park to the east, Huazhong University of Science and Technology to the west, the picturesque East Lake scenic spot to the north, and Guandong New Technology Development Zone to the south. The new campus covered 39.7353 hectares of land with a school construction area of 1.6 hectares.

The Institute comprised 6 departments, including the Department of Urban Planning and Architecture, the Department of Urban Construction and Management, the Department of Environmental Engineering, the Department of Urban Transportation Engineering, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Department of Sociology. It offered 12 Bachelor's programs, namely, Architecture, Urban Planning, Art and Design, Civil Engineering, Engineering Management, Water Supply and Drainage Engineering, Architecture Environment and Equipment Engineering, Environment Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Automation, Computer Science and Technology, and 7 Master's programs, including Architectural Design and Theories, Urban Planning and Design, Management Science and Engineering, Municipal Engineering, Road and Rail Engineering, Transportation Programming and Management and Economic Law.

With over 1,000 staff the Institute enrolled nearly 5,000 undergraduates and junior college students, 70 postgraduates and over 3,200 adult education students in 1999. It collected more than 350,000 copies of books in its libraries and established 20 research laboratories.

Besides undergraduate education, the Institute also offered other education programs at various levels provided by its Adult Education College, Higher Vocational and Technical Education College and Continuing Education & Training Center affiliated with the construction sector of Hubei Province.

The institute established various research institutes such as the Research Institute of Architectural Design (Class A), the Research Institute of Urban Planning and Design (Class A), the Research Center of Landscape Architecture, the Research Center of Real Estate Operation and Management, the Research Center of Structural Engineering, and Real Estate Assessment Office. It sponsored a number of research and design projects at state, provincial and city levels.

In July 1981, Wuhan Urban Construction Institute was reestablished with the approval of the State Council of China, and it was directly under the leadership of the Ministry of Construction of China.

In October 1971, it merged with former Beijing Construction Industry Institute into Hubei Construction Industry Institute, which was later renamed Wuhan Construction Material Industry Institute.

In October 1964, it was renamed Wuhan Construction Engineering School.

In 1961, the Department of Water Supply and Drainage of Zhongnan Design Institute of Water Supply and Drainage joined the College.

In May 1958, the School grew into a junior college known as Wuhan Construction Engineering College, and by the end of the year changed the name to Wuhan Construction Industry College.

Then it was renamed Wuhan Urban Construction Institute in 1960, the only institute of higher education of urban construction in China then.

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The School was relocated to Ma'an Shan, Wuchang, Hubei Province in 1953, and changed its name to Wuchang Construction Engineering School affiliated with Central Department of Construction Engineering. The same year the Department of Civil Engineering of Guangzhou Pearl River Water Resources School merged with the Ma'an Shan campus.

Wuhan Urban Construction Institute has been around since 1950s when its predecessor Zhongnan Construction Engineering School was created from the merger of six schools in central south China, including Zhengzhou Higher Engineering School, Wuchang Higher Engineering School, Bang Civil Engineering School, Changsha Chuyi Higher Engineering School, Changsha Municipal Engineering School and Xiangxiang Higher Engineering School. Under the leadership of Central South Department of Construction Engineering, Zhongnan Construction Engineering School was finally established in picturesque Lushan, Jiangxi Province and held a grand opening ceremony in the Lushan Auditorium.

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