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Focusing on engineering, Hubei University of Technology is a comprehensive university, covering eight disciplines including engineering, liberal arts, science, arts, economics, management, law, and education. Hubei University of Technology was originally established in 1952. HBUT currently has more than 1,300 full-time faculty members, of whom over 710 got high academic titles, over 552 are doctoral supervisors and master’s supervisors. The proportion of teachers with doctorate degrees has reached more than 51%. HBUT has 1 key laboratory accredited by the Ministry of Education, 1 postgraduate innovation center accredited by the Ministry of Education, 1 state-level technology conversion demonstration center, 2 post-doctoral research centers, 13 provincial postgraduates research centers, 2 provincial collaborative innovation centers, 5 provincial key laboratories, 17 provincial engineering technology (research) centers, 2 provincial international cooperation centers, 2 provincial engineering laboratories, 6 provincial humanities & social sciences key research workshops, and 28 provincial university-industry co-constructed research and development centers.

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HBUT has established 17 schools, Hubei Provincial Mechanical and Electrical Research and Design Institute Co., Ltd., Hubei Agricultural Machinery Engineering Research and Design Institute, and Hubei Agricultural Machinery Appraisal Station, all of which are provincial scientific research institutes，and 1 affiliated college. Since 2012, HBUT has presided over more than 2,000 scientific research programs, over 350 of them are at the state level. It has published more than 450 monographs and teaching materials, over 1,100 papers on SCI and 1,700 papers on EI. With more than 2,000 authorized patents, HBUT has earned 144 awards for science and technology, such as 1 national prize and 22 provincial prizes. Under the major demand of regional industrial development and technology research, HBUT keeps a long-term cooperation with more than 400 large and medium-sized enterprises, which positions it near the top of the ranking list for Science and Technology Service for Economic and Social Development of Hubei Province among provincial higher educational institutions. There has been featured coverage of HBUT achievements in scientific and technological conversions by important mass media in China such as CCTV News.