Wuhan University of Technology (WUT or WHUT), located in Wuchang District and Luonan Subdistrict, Hongshan District in Wuhan, Hubei, China, was merged on May 27, 2000, from three universities: Wuhan University of Technology (established in 1948), Wuhan Transportation University (established in 1946) and Wuhan Automotive Polytechnic University (established in 1958).
WUT is one of the leading Chinese universities accredited by the Ministry of Education and one of the universities constructed in priority by the \"State Project 211\" for Chinese higher education institutions.
It is also a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class Discipline University, with Double First Class status in certain disciplines
