Huazhong University of Science and Technology

The Huazhong University of Science and Technology ; traditional Chinese: 華中科技大學; pinyin: Huázhōng Kējì Dàxué is a public, coeducational research university located in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. As a national key university, HUST is directly affiliated to the Ministry of Education of China. HUST has been referred as the flagship of China's higher education system after Chinese Civil War. HUST manages Wuhan National Laboratories for Opto-electronics at Wuchang, which is one of the five national laboratories in China. In... 1952, the Central Government of China sought to construct a new higher education system for the rapid development of economy, science and technology after Chinese Civil War. Three technical institutes were planned to be established in Wuhan, including Huazhong Institute of Technology , South-Central China Institute of Power Engineering and South-Central China Institute of Water Conservancy and Electric Power . In March 1953, the institute's charter was signed by the South-Central China Government under the approval of the Central Government of China.
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