The Wuhan Institute of Physical Education's origins can be traced back to Zhongnan Institute of Physical Education, in Nanchang City, Jiang Xi Province. The Zhongnan Institute was formed in 1953.Shortly after, in 1955, the institute moved to its present site in Wuhan,Hubei Province, and changed its name to the Wuhan institute of Physical Education(WIPE) in February of 1956.WIPE was formerly administered by the National General Administration of Sports and,now it is under the aegies of both the National General Administration of Sports and the Hubei Provincial Government.
WIPE has two campuses which are Majiazhuang Campus and Canglong Campus. It covers an area of more than 120 hectares. Majiazhuang Campus located beside scenic East Lake covers an area of over 56 hectares, Its many sports facilities, such as, the Asian Boating Training Center, Sports Training and Testing Center, internet facility and others ,all serve the varied needs of competitive sports. And Canglong Campus with beautiful environment is located in Canglong Island Developing Zone of Jiangxia,Wuhan. At WIPE,there are all kinds of indoors and outdoors sports buildings, class-- rooms buildings, and advanced research facilities. Furthermore, books in the library are up to more than 800,000 volumes.
On WIPE's faculty there are a number of experts and trainers who are well known in China and abroad. Altogether WIPE has a staff of 812,of which over 500 are professional teachers and trainers. And, of these, over 60 are professors, researchers and national trainers; 165 are associate professors;3 posts are for Chutian Scholar visiting professors;10 are Hubei Outstanding Contributions Experts; 10 experts get the subsidy of the State Council and provincial government.
WIPE is organized into nine schools ,two departments, and three units etc. Included are the academic schools and departments of: Physical Education School, Sports Training school,Chinese Martial Arts school, Gymnastics School, Sports Economy & Management School , Sports Health & Science School, Competitive Sports School, Adult Education School, Sports Physical Science School, Sports Information & Technology Department, Sports Journalism & Foreign Language Department, the Postgraduate Unit, Political Theory Unit and Training Unit etc.
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