The Academic Disciplines Wuhan University

1. Current Academic Disciplines

(The academic programs include 11 broad categories of academic disciplines or fields of study, 59 sub-disciplines, of which 49 ones are both master-and doctoral-degree-granting programs, and 10 ones are master-degree-granting programs)

1 Philosophy

l Philosophy

2 Economics

l Theoretical Economics

l Applied Economics

3 Law

l Law

l Political Science

l Sociology

l Theory of Marxism

4 Education

Education

Psychology

5 Literature

l Chinese Language and Literature

l Foreign Languages and Literature

l Journalism and Communication

6 History

l Archeology

l Chinese History

l World History

7 Science

l Mathematics

l  Physics

l Chemistry

l Geology

l Geological Physics

l Biology

l Ecology

l Statistics

8 Engineering

l Mechanics

l Mechanical Engineering

Optical Engineering

  Instrument Science and Technology

l Material Science & Engineering

l Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics

l Electric Engineering

l Electronics Science and Technology

l Information and Communication Engineering

l Control Science and Engineering

l Computer Science and Technology

l Artificial Intelligence

l Architecture

l Civil Engineering

l Hydraulic Engineering

l Surveying and Mapping

l Remote Sensing

Chemical Engineering and Technology

The Light Industry Technology and Engineering

l Environmental Science and Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

l Urban and Rural Planning

l Software Engineering

l Cyberspace Security

9 Medical Science

l Preclinical Medicine

l Clinical Medicine

l Stomatology

l Public Health and Preventive Medicine

l Pharmacy

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10 Management

l Management Science and Engineering

l Business Administration

l  Public Administration

l Library and Information Science and Archive Management

11 Art

Drama and Film Studies

Design

Note: indicates only master-degree-granting subjects


2 Leading Subjects

1) Philosophy

2) Economics

3) Law

4) Study of Marxism

5) Literature

6) Journalism and Communication

7) History

8) Mathematics

9) Physics

10) Chemistry

11) Geology

12) Biology

13) Earth and Space Sciences

14) Environmental Science and Ecology

15) Computer Science

16) Material Science

17) Energy, Machinery and Electronics

18) Hydraulics, Civil and Structural Engineering

19) Clinical Medicine

20) Stomatology

21) Management


3. ESI (World Top 1% Ranking)

1

Chemistry

2

Engineering

3

Materials Science

4

Clinical Medcine

5

Computer Science

6

Geosciences

7

Biology & Biochemistry

8

Social Sciences

9

Pharmacology & Toxicology

10

Plant & Animal Science

11

Environment / Ecology

12

Agricultural Sciences

13

Mathematics

14

Molecular Biology & Genetics

15

Immunology

16

Physics

17

Microbiology


4. QS World Top 100 Subjects

No.

Subjects

QS Ranking

1

Engineering Mineral & Mining

26

2

Dentistry

28

3

Library & Information Management

47

4

Materials Science

51-100

5

Philosophy

51-100

6

Law

51-100


5. US News Top 100 Subjects

No.

Subjects

US News Ranking

1

Civil-Engineering

16

2

Computer-Science

39

3

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

42

4

Chemistry

59

5

Geosciences

74

6

Materials-Science

87


6. ARWU Top 50 Subjects

No.

Subjects

ARWU Ranking

1

Remote Sensing

1

2

Library & Information Science

12

3

Water Resources

13

4

Biomedical Engineering

38

5

Electrical & Electronic   Engineering

40

6

Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

40

7

Geography

46

8

Marine/Ocean Engineering

46