The University is divided into 13 shcools, 2
departments, and 1 Continued Education College, with 54 undergraduate
specialties, including 4 state-level featured specialties and 7
provincial-level brand specialties. 8 first-class and 43 second-class
disciplines are authorized to grant master’s degree, 4 fields authorized
to grant Specialized Master’s degree of Engineering, 5 fields
authorized to grant Specialized Master’s degree of Agrotechnical
Extension, 3 disciplines authorized to build Doctor’s degree programs.
Currently the number of full-time undergraduate and graduate students is
over 13,400. There are 9 key disciplines, 1 innovative discipline with
remarkable achievements, 1 superior discipline, and 3 featured
disciplines in Hubei Province. There is also 1 key lab and 1 engineering
research center respectively in the Ministry of Education, 2 key labs
in Hubei Province, 2 provincial research bases for Humanities and Social
Sciences, and 13 engineering technology research centers of the
provincial (ministerial) level granted by National Ministry of
Agriculture, National Ministry of Food and so on. The teachers of the University are
faithful to their educational tasks, fond of their students, and
devoted to their studies. The full-time teaching staff is over 800, more
than half of them with senior academic titles, 80% of them with
doctor’s or master’s degrees. There are 29 state-level and provincial
(ministerial)-level experts, 1 candidate for the National New Century
BaiQianWan Talents Project, 1 selectee into the New Century Excellent
Talents Support Plan in the Ministry of Education, 1 winner of Science
and Technology Prize for Youth in Hubei Province, 7 candidates for
provincial New Century High-level Talents Project, 1 national teaching
master, 4 national excellent teachers, 3 teaching masters in Hubei
Province, 4 provincial (ministerial)-level teachers of excellence. Now
11 positions are open to specially-appointed professors of the Hubei
“Chutian Scholars program,” and 24 Chutian Scholars have been engaged. A
group of influential experts and scholars at home and abroad, including
Chen Huanchun, Guan Chunyun and other academicians, have assumed
positions for visiting professors. The University has made remarkable
progress in scientific research. In recent 5 years, it has undertaken
over 70 state-level projects, which include National 973-project,
863-project, National Natural Science foundation and National Social
Science foundation, and more than 500 provincial (ministerial)-level
scientific research projects. It has won over 40 prizes of provincial
(ministerial)-level or above, including 5 prizes of national scientific
and technological advancement and 3 prizes of outstanding achievements
in Humanities and Social Sciences. It has published over 300 monographs
and textbooks, and over 4500 academic theses, among which 960 have
entered into “Three Major Indices” (SCI, EI and ISTP). The number of
patents is 30 and the total amount of funding for scientific research is
240 million yuan. “Advanced Unit of Serving Hubei in Science and
Technology” has been awarded to the University by Hubei Provincial Party
Committee and Hubei Provincial Government. |