Jianghan University is a university

University

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 in Wuhan

Wuhan

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, Hubei

Hubei

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, China

People's Republic of China

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. Its campus is 1.4 km² large, with an additional 0.5 km² under construction. It lies within the Wuhan Economy and Technology Development Zone by the Lake Sanjiao.

There are ten disciplines in the university: economics

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, law

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, education

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, literature

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, history

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, agriculture

Agriculture

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, science

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, engineering

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, medicine

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, and management

Management

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. The University offers 42 undergraduate

Undergraduate education

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 programs. There are about 1,000 full-time teachers, of whom 103 are full professors and about 400 associate professors. The number of full time students is 15,600.

Jianghan University was created as a technical college

Institute of technology

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 by the city government of Wuhan in 1981. It started a four-year undergraduate program in 1990s. In 2001, it merged with Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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 (Hankou branch) and Wuhan Worker's Medical College, and later moved to the current campus.

Jianghan University was accredited in October 2001 as a comprehensive university by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

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. It was established on the basis of the amalgamation of Jianghan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Hankou branch), Wuhan Institute of Education and Wuhan Workers Medical College.