Clarivate Analytics has recently released the latest Essential Science Indicators (ESI) which shows that the microbiology of WHU has ranked among the top 1% of ESI, marking the entry of WHU’s 17th discipline into ESI top 1% ranking.By far, WHU has a total of 17 disciplines listed in the top 1% of ESI global rankings. Thereinto, chemistry maintains its position in the world top 1‰; the rest 16...

Editor's note: On November 29, Science, the internationally-renowned academic journal, published online a special issue of the 125th anniversary of Wuhan University. This issue entitled Celebrating 125 Years of Academic Excellence: Wuhan University(1893–2018) introduces WHU’s academic achievements over the past 125 years. Dou Xiankang, President of Wuhan University and also CAS (Chinese Acade...

On October 24th, Vice-Principals of University of Dundee, Wendy Alexander and Karl Leydecker led a delegation to visit Wuhan University (WHU) to conduct in-depth communication and consultation on the collaborative education program. Vice President of WHU, Li Fei received the delegation.Opening of the Board MeetingAt 9:00 am, the board meeting on Double Degree Programme in Architectural Studies ...

On December 26th, 2018, the delegation from Nature Research, which is the publishing company of the world-renowned scientific journal Nature, visited Wuhan University (WHU). Two sides exchanged views on the possibility and areas for future cooperation.Present at the meeting were Dou Xiankang (President of WHU), Li Jiancheng (Vice-President of WHU), Paul Evans (Director of Nature Research Group,...

On the 22nd of October, Wuhan University hosted talks on educational prospects with the Irish Delegation headed by Ireland’s Minister of State, Mr. John Halligan. The meeting involves faculty representatives of WHU including Professor Li Fei, Vice President of WHU and directors of four different administrative offices of WHU. The Irish Delegation included the Irish Ambassador to China, Mr. H.E...

With paddles hitting the pool and water splashing, the boat moves forward inch by inch. When the line on the boat finally crosses the sign set on the bank, thunderous acclamation breaks out to celebrate the victory of the team. This is only a shot of the first dragon boat tug-of-war competition in WHU.The tug-of-war took place on October 13, in the swimming pool in Faculty of Information Scienc...

"Endowed with three towns and two rivers flowing across, Wuhan enjoys a unique and complex urban transportation. A good use of the Big Data can not only ease the traffic congestion but also make the city a smarter one so as to better serve the public." On Dec. 11th, Premier Li Keqiang affirmed the construction of Smart Traffic when he inspected the construction of Smart City in Wuhan, Hubei Pro...

After two year’s rebuilding, the Information Science Library of WHU opened on June 20th, 2016. Though it was a rainy day, quite a few students waited in long queues for its opening. Within several months, this new library has impressed students with its special layout and a series of new services.Located on the central axis of the WHU Information Science Division, the library covers a total bu...

The Shaw Humanities Museum witnessed the successful holding of China’s Etiquette Forum in WHU in October. As the first forum themed etiquette in China, it gathered over 300 participants from political, academic and business circles after its two-year preparation.Having gained itself strong support from society, this forum was co-sponsored by the China Newspaper Association, the newspaper Today...

Li Deren, academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing in Wuhan University (WHU), together with his team, brought their compelling innovations into the spotlight.Intelligent robots, unmanned aerial vehicles, panoramic mobile measurement and content-base...