Wuhan University of Technology

Mission Statement

The School of Art and Design is committed to cultivating high-end art and design talents needed for the development of national social economy, promoting excellent Chinese culture and building a better life for the people, and has always adhered to the discipline construction concept of "serving the national strategy", "creating industry characteristics" and "interdisciplinary collaboration". The school focuses on cultivating multi-level art and design talents with good international vision, professional quality and professional ability, team spirit and social responsibility.

International Role

The School of Art and Design has established long-term exchange and cooperation relations with more than 30 well-known universities such as Purdue University in the United States, Cardiff University in the United Kingdom, Aalto Design Institute in Finland, Politecnico di Milano in Italy, Kyushu Universiin Japan, Seoul Nty ational University in South Korea, Konkuk University in South Korea, Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China, Taiwan University of the Arts in China, etc.

National Role

The School of Art and Design has successively been approved as the first design doctoral program and postdoctoral mobile station in central and southern China, the first master's program in industrial design engineering in China, and 5 national first-class professional construction sites, and is currently one of the most complete disciplines in China's design art talent training system, and has become the most important design art talent training and education base in the central region, and has made important breakthroughs in the intersection of disciplines with materials science, ship and ocean engineering, and automotive engineering, and has taken the lead in undertaking major national engineering projects.

Main Focus

The School of Art and Design since its establishment in 1987, has always adhered to the discipline construction concept of "serving the national strategy", "creating industry characteristics" and "interdisciplinary collaboration", supported by the distinctive industry characteristics and science and engineering background of our school, relying on the advantageous disciplines such as materials, transportation, and automobiles, and making full use of the advantageous resources of the "double first-class" key discipline construction.

Wuhan University of Technology is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, one of the first batch of universities included in the national "211 Project" and "Double First-Class" construction, and a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Transport and other ministries and commissions. It is the largest school in the colleges and universities directly under the Ministry of Education to train talents for the three major industries of building materials and construction, transportation and automobiles, and is an important base for high-level talent training and scientific and technological innovation in China's "three major industries".