Wuhan Business University is a public application-oriented university endorsed by the municipal government with a history of over 60 years. The university covers an area of about 218 acres. Presently, it has over 14,000 full-time students, aiming specifically at cultivating applied talents suited to economic and social development.
The university has 13 teaching units, including the School of Business Administration, School of Accounting, School of Accounting, School of Economics, School of Tourism Management, School of Physical Education (International Equestrian College), School of Food Science and Technology, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, School of Information Engineering, School of Art, School of Foreign Languages, School of International Education, and School of General Education.
The university has a well-structured and high-quality full-time teaching staff of over 800 people. It has 2 experts enjoying the special government allowance of the State Council, 12 experts enjoying special allowances from the provincial and municipal governments, 1 member of the teaching guidance committee of the Ministry of Education, 6 Chinese registered master chefs (masters), 1 provincial-level master studio, and 2 provincial-level innovation studios for workers (model workers).
The university is the president unit of the Wuhan Commercial Economic Society and the Wuhan Equestrian Association. It has 39 research institutions (platforms), such as the Wuhan Tourism Research Institute, the Hubei Provincial Equestrian Industry Standardization Working Group, and the Hubei Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Center. It has been approved for 2 provincial and ministerial-level platforms, including the Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center for Horse Detection and Application Transformation and the Modern EquestrianIndustry Development Research Center. It has 7 provincial-level outstanding young and middle-aged scientific and technological innovation teams. There are over 10 national-level projects and over 90 provincial and ministerial-level projects in progress. It actively responds to the demands of the government, industries, and enterprises, undertaking over 400 scientific research projects and transformation of achievements, as well as standardization work. The university's teachers have won multiple provincial and ministerial-level honors, such as the Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, the Hubei Provincial Research Achievement Award, and the Hubei Provincial Development Research Award.
The university has established friendly cooperative relations with nearly 80 overseas universities or institutions. It has been jointly running programs with the University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management in Essen, Germany, and North Hesse University of Applied Sciences for 15 years, cultivating over 2,000 talents. Its scale and reputation rank among the top in the province. In the past three years, the university has funded over 200 teachers to go abroad for academic exchanges, international conferences, or study programs, and over 300 students to study abroad. Nearly 200 overseas teachers and students have visited the university. The university has successfully held international conferences on equestrianism, big data management and application, modern cooking and food science and technology, smart tourism and intelligent hotels, general education and contemporary development, and Sino-German international education. It has continuously held activities such as Sino-foreign cultural exchange projects, study tours to world-renowned universities, international youth student Chinese language study programs, and international education and cultural weeks, forming characteristic brands and reputation.
Sticking to the developing strategy of transformation and upgrading, intensive development, distinctive education, and opening up, Wuhan Business University strives to be an application-oriented business city university with distinctive features and a sound reputation in China.