Jianghan University, referred to as Jianghan University, is located in Wuhan, Hubei Province. It is a provincial comprehensive university and a key construction University of the province and the city. It has been selected as the "domestic first-class discipline construction universities" in Hubei Province, the first batch of credit system reform pilot universities in Hubei Province, the leading universities of Hubei Province 2011 plan, the cooperative education project of industry university cooperation of the Ministry of education, the new engineering research and practice project, etc.The predecessor of Jianghan University is the former Jianghan University and Hankou branch of Huazhong University of technology founded in 1981, the former Wuhan Institute of education founded in 1952, and the former Wuhan staff medical college founded in 1958. In 2000, the school running history can be traced back to 1888 when Wuhan health school was incorporated into the new Jianghan University. In October 2001, the Ministry of Education approved the establishment of a new Jianghan University on the basis of the merger of the four universities. In March 2009, with the approval of Hubei Provincial People's government, Hubei Provincial Institute of chemistry was incorporated into Jianghan University.As of September 2018, the school covers a total area of 2114.565 mu, with a construction area of 668218 square meters. The main campus is located on the Bank of the triangle lake in Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone, covering 11 university disciplines such as economy, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management and art. There are 18 provincial and municipal key disciplines, 4 provincial graduate education innovation bases and graduate workstations There are 27 professional projects with family level and provincial characteristics. As of July 2019, there are 18 colleges and 73 undergraduate majors; there are 8 first-class discipline master's degree authorization points and 8 master's degree authorization categories, involving 60 second-class disciplines (fields); there are 17 provincial and ministerial level research platforms and 50 university level scientific research institutions; there are 8 affiliated medical colleges, 2 clinical medical colleges and 1 Clinical College of Pediatrics; the collection of paper books is 2.07 million and the collection of electronic books is 2.07 million There are more than 5.15 million books and periodicals and 1144 full-time teachers. As of November 2019, there are 1 full-time academician and 6 double employed academicians.