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15-550: In 1952, Huazhong Agricultural College was established by merging the Agricultural College of Wuhan University , the whole Hubei Agricultural College, and some departments of Sun Yat-sen University , Nanchang University , He'nan University , Guangxi University , Hu'nan Agricultural College, and Jiangxi Agricultural College. In 1985, the school was renamed Huazhong Agricultural University. Wuhan University Wuhan University ( WHU ; 武汉大学 )

30-616: A new library called June 1 Library ( 六一图书馆 ), the collections of which were merged into the University Library after 1949. In 2000, Wuhan University Library and its surrounding buildings were listed in the Fifth Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level batch. Wuhan University Library values its geomatic book collections as its basic development orientation and maintains

45-626: Is a public university in Wuhan , Hubei , China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China . The university is part of Project 985 , Project 211 , and the Double First-Class Construction . In 1926, National Wuchang University, National Wuchang University of Commerce, Hubei Provincial Medical University, Hubei Provincial University of Legislation, Hubei Provincial University of Liberal Arts, and

60-538: Is heavily wooded and green, with fragrant flowers everywhere year-round. Wuhan University is widely known as one of the most beautiful universities in China, especially for its cherry blossom garden. A cherry blossom festival is held every spring. Most stylish old buildings were designed by F. H. Kales (1899–1979). Educated in MIT, Kales was a pioneer to blend western architectural styles with traditional Chinese elements, which

75-560: Is most evident from his roof designs. Wuhan University boasts a campus covering an area of 5508 mu and has a floor area of 2.42 square kilometres. The university's libraries have a collection of approximately 5.4 million volumes and subscriptions to more than 10,000 Chinese and foreign periodicals. Wuhan University has established cooperative relationship with more than 300 universities and research institutes in over 40 countries and regions. As of 2017 at least 29 billionaires had graduated from Wuhan University, ranking third place in

90-865: Is ranked in the top 200th global universities by major international universities rankings, including the Academic Ranking of World Universities , the QS World University Rankings , the Times Higher Education World University Rankings , the Center for World University Rankings , and the U.S. News & World Report . In 2024, U.S. News & World Report ranked it 108th in the world, 21st in Asia and 11th in China. In 2024, Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked it # 89 in

105-793: The South Central China region and 9th nationally. 30°32′27″N 114°21′40″E  /  30.54083°N 114.36111°E  / 30.54083; 114.36111 Wuhan University Library Wuhan University Library ( Chinese : 武汉大学图书馆 ) is the library system of Wuhan University , serving the university's students and faculty. It has 4 branches: Arts and Sciences Library, Engineering Library, Information Technology Library and Medical Library. The collection contains approximately 228,000 books & periodicals, 5,778 newspapers, 6,767,000 printing volumes, 6,590,000 e-books & e-magazines, 442 databases and 200,000 volumes of thread-bound ancient books as of 2011. The predecessor of

120-623: The National Wuhan University based on the former National Wuchang Sun Yat-sen University, with four colleges: liberal arts, law, science, and engineering. In 1949, National Wuhan University was taken over by the Communist Party and renamed Wuhan University. In 2018, Wuhan University's student body consisted of 29,405 full-time undergraduates and 19,699 full-time master's degree candidates, 7,163 Ph.D candidates and 2,453 international students. Wuhan University

135-761: The Wuhan University Library was the Zi Qiang School founded by Zhang Zhidong . In 1913, the National Wuchang Higher Normal College was founded, containing a small library. The library first appears in formal documents in 1917. In 1927, the library changed its name to the National Wuhan University Library. At first there was only one book cataloger, about 3000 foreign language books, and a small number of Chinese books. In 1936

150-550: The collection grew to about 140,000 books. From 1928 to 1936, Yang Mingzhi , Pi Zongshi and Yang Duanliu successively served as its director. The old library building on the top of Mount Shizi was built in 1935. During the second Sino-Japanese War , the library moved to Leshan , Sichuan . During the bombing in Leshan on August 19, 1939, and the plundering of books by the Japanese on March 4, 1940, many volumes were lost, and

165-577: The library collection dropped to less than 100,000 volumes. It then served as an institution to preserve books, and did not allow people to borrow them. When the library returned to Luojia Hill after the war, the collection grew to 154,455 volumes. After the war, the library having received a large donation amount from the United Kingdom and the United States , the foreign language resources increased. In 1947, some left-wing students formed

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180-407: The most integrated geomatics global periodicals, foreign meeting proceedings, numerous scale relief maps and distant sensing picture photographs. The library is known especially for the foreign periodical collection, in which it has over 2700 global periodical headings, covering the earliest volumes of German technical journal Zeitschrift für Vermessungswesen, complete from the initial volume in 1873 to

195-480: The private Wuchang Zhonghua University were merged into National Wuchang Sun Yat-sen University (also known as National Second Sun Yat-sen University). The school has an undergraduate department and 6 subjects including liberal arts, science, law, economics, medicine, and preparatory courses, 17 departments, and 2 departments. In 1928, the Nanjing National Government officially established

210-399: The world among the global universities. The 2023 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked Wuhan University 22nd in the world by total publications and 45th in the world based on the number of their scientific publications belonging to the top 1% in their fields for the time period 2018–2021. The university has rolling physical features with the scenic Luojia Hill and the beautiful East Lake . Its campus

225-640: The world and 15th in Asia. In 2020, it ranked 23rd in Greater China (including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan). It came 157th in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings where it ranked 25th in Asia and 8th in China. Regarding scientific research output, the Nature Index 2023 ranked Wuhan University the No.14 university in the Asia Pacific region, and 33rd in

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