The Wuhan University of Science and Technology (WUST; 武汉科技大学) is a provincial public university in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Hubei. The university is co-sponsored by the Hubei Provincial People's Government, the Ministry of Education, SASTIND, and six state-owned corporations.
The history of WUST dates back to the Hubei Technical Institute (湖北工艺学堂; 湖北工藝學堂; Húběi Gōngyì Xuétáng), which was founded in 1898 by Zhang Zhidong in the late Qing Dynasty.
In 1958, it was renamed as Wuhan Iron and Steel University (武汉钢铁学院; 武漢鋼鐵學院; Wǔhàn Gāngtiě Xuéyuàn) and began to offer four-year degree programs. At that time, it affiliated with the Ministry of Metallurgy. The affiliation was revoked in 1998, and the university is now governed by the Hubei provincial education department and the Ministry of Education.
From 1990 to 1994, the China-Australia Iron and Steel Industry Training Centre (中澳钢铁工业培训中心; 中澳鋼鐵工業培訓中心; Zhōng ào gāngtiě gōngyè péixùn zhōngxīn) was established at the Wuhan Iron and Steel University, as part of a joint venture between the governments of Australia and China. The centre trained over 4500 managers and technicians from the iron and steel industry in a general management course.[1]
In 1995, the college became Wuhan Metallurgy University of Science and Technology (武汉冶金科技大学; 武漢冶金科技大學; Wǔhàn yějīn kējì Dàxué) with the merger of Wuhan Iron and Steel University, Wuhan Advanced Construction School (武汉建筑高等专科学校; 武漢建築高等專科學校; Wǔhàn jiànzhù gāoděng zhuānkē xuéxiào) and Wuhan Medical School of Metallurgy (武汉冶金医学高等专科学校; 武漢冶金醫學高等專科學校; Wǔhàn yějīn yīxué gāoděng zhuānkē xuéxiào).
In 1999, it became known as Wuhan University of Science and Technology. WUST is authorized to confer 60 bachelor's degree programs, 30 doctoral degree programs, 104 master's degree programs as well as master's degree programs of Engineering in 17 fields. Among those, 15 first-class master's degree were ranked top 50 and 2 first-class master's degrees (Metallurgy Engineering and Mining Engineering) were ranked top 10 by the Degree of Ministry of Education & Postgraduate Education Development Center in 2012.
The university has established many high-level research centers, including one national key laboratories and 12 experimental centers with big enterprises such as Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation, Panzhihua Iron and Steel, Liuzhou Iron and Steel, and Handan Iron and Steel.
Full-time students: 24,764
WUST Women's basketball team has won several national championships in CUBA and won the "President Cup" in the fifth and sixth China University Students Sports meetings successively.