​On March 14, a lecture entitled “Dialogical Difficulty: Re-Reading Plato’s Meno” was delivered by Dr. Ian Leask in the Zhenhua Building of Wuhan University. Dr. Leask is a philosopher from Dublin City University (Ireland) whose main research field is general Western Philosophy, including Plato’s reception in European Philosophy.Dr. Ian Leask is giving the lecture.Dr. Leask started the lec...

The 2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject was released on 27th February, covering a total of 48 disciplines. Ranking 257th in the QS World Universit​y Rankings, Wuhan University was rated top 300 in 26 subjects, increasing by 6 subjects compared to last year.List of  WHU subjects ranking top 300 in QS 2019 rankingFieldSubjectQS   2019 rankingArts  & HumanitiesPhilosophy51-100Linguistics...

​On March 5th, 2019 Wuhan University Conference on International Exchange and Cooperation was held. Li Fei, Vice President of the university, along with directors of schools, departments, research institutes and functional departments attended the conference.Li Fei summarized concept and tasks of three phases in WHU’s international exchange and cooperation from 2015 to 2018 and illustrated de...

On March 5th, 2019 Wuhan University Conference on International Exchange and Cooperation was held. Li Fei, Vice President of the university, along with directors of schools, departments, research institutes and functional departments attended the conference. Li Fei summarized concept and tasks of three phases in WHU’s international exchange and cooperation from 2015 to 2018 and illustrated dev...

From February 23rd to 25th ,  Dou Xiankang, president of Wuhan University met the vice president of Paris Diderot University (also known as “Paris 7”), Professor Antoine Cazé and his delegation.Professor Bernadette Bricout, former vice president of Paris Diderot University, also an expert of China’s National Overseas Master Introduction Project, and Dean of the Chinese Department of Paris Di...

Recently, the remotely sensed nighttime light map of China from Luojia-1A 01 satellite is released. Free data service is  available to users from all walks of life.​The remotely sensed nighttime light map of China from Luojia-1A 01 satelliteWith images captured nationwide by Luojia-1A 01 between June 2018 and December 2018, WHU and High Resolution Earth Observation System Hubei Data and Applic...

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...

On the morning of January 8th, the awarding ceremony of the 2018 State Science and Technology Awards was held in Beijing and attended by the Party and state leaders including President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Wang Huning, Han Zheng, etc. Three scientific and technological achievements of Wuhan University won the 2018 State Science and Technology Awards, with two WHU-directed projects aw...

Wuhan University has recently signed a quartet memorandum of cooperation with Harvard University, George Mason University and University of California, Santa Barbara to co-construct the Collaborative International Site of Spatiotemporal Innovation Center. This WHU-based center marks another significant achievement of Wuhan University to deepen its high-level international cooperation and exchan...

In O' Henry's novel, the old painter Behrman thinks The Last Leaf is the masterpiece in his life because it has encouraged the young artist Johnsy to stay strong and make it through. Just as the old painter Behrman, rows of Chinese parasol trees and maple trees in Wuhan University have been guarding the campus and accompanying students silently.The leaves remain green even in the chilly October...