Located in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province in the central part of China, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of P. R. China, and is among the first Universities joining the national “211 Project” and “985 Project”.

HUST covers an area of over 1,153 acres with picturesque environment and elegant surroundings, and has 72% greenery coverage, which has been honored as the “University in the Forest”. It offers its students and staff first-class logistic service, efficient network service and abundant library resources. HUST covers 10 disciplines: philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, science, engineering, medicine, management and arts. The University offers 99 undergraduate programs, 202 master programs, 189 doctoral programs and 39 post-doctoral research centers, including 6 undergraduate programs and more than 80 postgraduate programs instructed in English. HUST has groups of distinguished research faculty and teaching staff. 1000 of the more than 3000 teachers are professors, and 1300 are associate professors. The number of current enrolled students is around 60, 000, of which more than 34,000 are undergraduate students, 19, 000 are graduate students. We also attract over 3000 international students from around 130 countries, and 2000 of them study for degrees. HUST plays a leading role on research with the Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, the High Magnetic Field Center (One out of the Four in the world), 5 National Key Laboratories, one Key Laboratory of National Defense Science and Technology, 6 National Engineering (Technology) Research Centers, and many other national and provincial research bases, and has nearly 40 kinds of academic journals of domestic and international distribution. HUST follows the opening policy as its guideline, engaged in comprehensive, multi-level international exchanges and cooperation.

Currently HUST has entered into partnerships with more than 100 renowned universities and research institutions of 26 countries and regions, such as the United States, the Great Britain, Germany and France, etc. Annually more than 1,500 talented foreign scholars come to give lectures. HUST has been accepting international students since 1960s. For over 50 years it has cultivated more than 5000 international students from more than 130 countries and districts. After obtaining bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree that conferred by HUST, most of them have become outstanding engineers and technicians, famous medical experts, government administrators, or diplomatic officials working in China. HUST also offers “President Scholarship” to outstanding international students. The International Student Office was established in 2002 and is constantly improving and standardizing on the student's enrollment, training and management. In 2013, HUST has been selected as one of the first demonstration base for studying in China under the Ministry of Education. More prospective students from all of the world will be welcome to study in HUST.

HUST follows the opening policy as its guideline, engaged in comprehensive, multi-level international exchanges and cooperation. Currently HUST has entered into partnerships with more than 100 renowned universities and research institutions of 26 countries and regions, such as the United States, the Great Britain, and Germany, etc. Annually more than 1,500 talented foreign scholars come to give lectures. 

HUST has been accepting international students studying in China since 1960s. For over 50 years it has cultivated more than 3000 international students of various majors from more than 120 countries and districts. Most of them have obtained bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or doctoral degree that conferred by HUST. They have become outstanding engineers and technicians, famous medical experts, government administrators or officials in their embassies in China after graduation. Currently, there are more than 2000 international students from around 120 countries studying in HUST, and 1500 of them study for degrees. 

The International Student Office has been established for the service and administration of international students. We have well educated and professional staff to assist and help international students adapt the camp life, deal with daily study, visa and activity affairs and get better improved in this distinguished university. Besides, we also have a special Students International Communication Association to guide freshmen to better understand this university and the life here, hold one-one tutor program, intercultural activities and Chinese Corner for international students. 

HUST international students have outstanding performance in HUST as well as in China. TASSING TAGNE, REMI CLOTAIRE (Lei Meng), from the Republic of Cameroon, won gold prize in the First National Chinese Language Contest for international students in 2008; then JUSTINE BRANDON R SEALE (Su Jie), from Barbados, the first prize in the provincial level of Chinese Language Contest in 2010; MOTENG TAGNE PATRICK (Meng Tai), also from Cameroon, the first prize in the Chinese Language Contest of Hubei Province in 2011.