Wuhan University

Wuhan University is a Chinese Ministry of Education key university founded in 1893, ranked =122 globally by THE, renowned for geomatics, remote sensing, law, and medicine.

Wuhan University (WHU) is a comprehensive research university founded in 1893 by Zhang Zhidong, the then-governor of Hubei Province, making it one of China's oldest institutions of higher learning. Administered by the Ministry of Education, it operates 37 schools and departments offering more than 120 undergraduate and over 300 graduate programs. It ranks =122nd globally in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 and #186 in QS World University Rankings 2026.

WHU is globally recognised for its State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), which ranked first in the world in the remote sensing discipline in the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. The university also has strong faculties in law, economics, medicine, and the humanities. It hosts approximately 49,000 students and around 3,900 faculty members, with international students representing about 6 percent of total enrollment.

The university campus is located along East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei Province, a major inland city and transport hub in central China. WHU has formal academic partnerships with institutions including Durham University, the University of Bonn, and Lomonosov Moscow State University, and co-founded Duke Kunshan University as a joint venture with Duke University.