A Brief Introduction to Hubei University of Arts and Science

Hundreds of years ago, Longzhong  Mountain was where the embodiment of the Chinese wisdom—Premier Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in his youth. Now, with 50 years history, Hubei University of Arts and Science is running here facing a turning point of development of the new century.

Xiangyang City, where Hubei University of Arts and Science locates, is a country-level Historical and Cultural City developed from Xiangyang, an ancient city with 2800 years history. It is also “China Magic  City”. It is a convergence of merchants and a strategic point, a confluence of Central Plains Culture and the Chu Culture, the headstream of the story and the Culture of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. And now it is the second largest city of Hubei Province, next only to Wuhan city. It’s also the largest city in the convergence area of Hubei, Henan, Chongqing and Shaanxi, and it is the subsidiary city in Hubei and one of the biggest cities in the triangle of economic and social development in Hubei province.

The university is adjacent to the district of ancient Longzhong:”A Country-level Scenic Spot”. The tranquil atmosphere and beautiful scenery makes it an ideal place for students to study. In the former days, Premier Zhuge Liang lived here in seclusion for ten years. He studied, farmed, cultivated his morality and planned his strategic “triple power balance” here. Now, in the same place, thousands of ambitious youth are taking their tertiary education while making preparation for their bright and influential future.

Hubei University of Arts and Science takes “simple living demonstrates lofty aspiration, quiet life accomplishes the ideal” as the school motto. Altogether, we provide 54 bachelor programs covering pedagogy, literature, science, economics, technical studies, jurisprudence, medicine, arts and management. Hubei University of Arts and Science holds a body of 17,000 full-time students.

Hubei University of Arts and Science is funded and strongly supported by both and Central and local governments. It extends 96million square meters with45million square meters architectural area. Library stacks contain 1,330,000 volumes. Our staff body is as large as 1550 including966teaching staff Among them433 are professors and associate professors and 200 are Doctors. Some young lecturers are awarded the Special Allowance of the State Council or Provincial Government. We invite some famous experts to be visiting professors or honored professors, for example the world famous violinist Mr. Sheng Zhongguo. We launched “Chutian Scholarship” and “Longzhong Scholarship” to fund excellent lecturers and researchers. 

We embrace the concept of comprehensive, full-range education for the personal development of students and attach the importance to the improvement of the study and living conditions. The university is well equipped with teaching, research, study and living facilities. Our canteens provide food of various tastes to meet all needs. Students’ organizations and associations are very active and make the campus life rich and colorful.

Hubei University of Arts and Science takes the advantage of rich cultural heritage and transportation convenience of Xiangyang city. In the current stage, XFU will take the opportunity thatChinais implementing the strategy of making the country stronger through science and education and developing higher education. In the future, Hubei University of Arts and Science would expand the influence to neighbor province and it would soon become a national first-class, highly qualified university.