Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Huazhong University of Science & Technology

Motto	明德厚学，求是创新 (Chinese)
Motto in English	Virtue, Knowledge, Truth, Originality
Type	National / Public
Established	1953 (Engineering School) 1907 (Medical School)
President	Ding Lieyun
Academic staff	3,448
Undergraduates	36,000
Postgraduates	20,040
Location	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Campus	Suburban / Main Campus 1160 acres/ 470 ha Urban / Medical Campus 133 acres/ 54 ha
Athletics	National CUBA men's and women's
Colors	Blue
Mascot	Yellow Crane and White Cloud
Website	www.hust.edu.cn

The Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST; simplified Chinese: 华中科技大学; traditional Chinese: 華中科技大學; pinyin: Huázhōng Kējì Dàxué; literally: "Central China University of Science and Technology") is a public, coeducational research university located in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. As a national key university, HUST is directly affiliated to the Ministry of Education of China. HUST manages Wuhan National Laboratories for Opto-electronics (WNLO) at Wuchang, which is one of the five national laboratories in China.

In 1952, the Central Government of China sought to construct a new higher education system for the rapid development of economy, science and technology after Chinese Civil War. Three technical institutes were planned to be established in Wuhan, including Huazhong Institute of Technology (HIT, 华中工学院), South-Central China Institute of Power Engineering (中南动力学院) and South-Central China Institute of Water Conservancy and Electric Power (中南水利学院) . In March 1953, the institute's charter was signed by the South-Central China Government under the approval of the Central Government of China. In the original planning, the land south of the Yujia Hill was chosen for the three campuses. Physicist Qian Zha was appointed as chair of the three-institute initiative. Economist Peigang Zhang was appointed as chief in planning to lead the HIT initiative. In June 1953, the land south of the East Lake was chosen as the campus of South-Central China Institute of Water Conservancy and Electric Power. The same year, the South-Central China government decided not to establish an independent South-Central China Institute of Power Engineering. All the programs related to power engineering were administered by Huazhong Institute of Technology. The institute formally opened on October 15, 1953.