An intro to Alma Mater 3 (prepare to deliver on Wikipedia)

1 History:

The university dates back to the Hubei Technical Institute (Simplified Chinese: 湖北工艺学堂; Traditional Chinese: 湖北工藝學堂; Pinyin: húběi gōngyì xuétáng), which was founded in 1898 by Zhang Zhidong 张之洞, Governor of Shanxi, the Viceroy of Huguang, Viceroy of Liangguang, the Viceroy of Liangjiang in the late Qing Dynasty.

In 1958, it renamed as Wuhan Institute of Metallurgy, (Simplified Chinese: 武汉钢铁学院; Traditional Chinese: 武漢鋼鐵學院; Pinyin: Wǔhàn gāngtiě xuéyuàn) and began to offer four-year degree programs. At that time, it affiliated to the Ministry of Metallurgy, which was later revoked in 1998.So the university was changed to governed by the Hubei Province and co-constructed by the Ministry of Education.

In 1995, it incorporated the other two colleges, Wuhan Advanced Construction School (Simplified Chinese: 武汉建筑高等专科学校; Traditional Chinese: 武漢建築高等專科學校; Pinyin: Wǔhàn jiànzhù gāoděng zhuānkē xuéxiào) and Wuhan Medical School of Metallurgy (Simplified Chinese: 武汉冶金医学高等专科学校; Traditional Chinese: 武漢冶金醫學高等專科學校; Pinyin: Wǔhàn yějīn yīxué gāoděng zhuānkē xuéxiào), and renamed as Wuhan metallurgy University of Science and Technology.(Simplified Chinese: 武汉冶金科技大学; Traditional Chinese: 武漢冶金科技大學; Pinyin: Wǔhàn yějīn kējì Dàxué).

In 1999, it renamed as Wuhan University of Science and Technology(WUST) with the approval of the Ministry of Education and Hubei provincial government. Now WUST is authorized to confer 51 bachelor degree programs,6 doctoral degree programs, 52 master degree programs as well as master degree programs of Engineering in 11 fields. Among those, 9 first-class master degree were ranked top 50 and 2 first-class master degrees (ie.Metallurgy Engineering and Mining Engineering) were ranked top 10 by the Degree of Ministry of Education & Postgraduate Education Development Center in 2006.

Besides, the university establishes many high-level research centers, among which there are 1 national key laboratories, 12 experimental bases, long-time co-operated with the big enterprises as Wuhan Iron and Steel Group(Simplified Chinese: 武汉钢铁集团; Traditional Chinese: 武漢鋼鐵集團; Pinyin: Wǔhàn gāngtiě jítuán),Panzhihua Iron and Steel Group(攀枝花钢铁集团), Liuzhou Iron and Steel Group(柳州钢铁集团), Handan Iron and Steel Group(邯郸钢铁集团),etc.