According to a list of notice issued by Hubei Provincial Department of Education (HPDE), the automotive industry discipline group proposed by HUAT was ranked as a discipline group with advantages and characteristics of provincial level.
It is reported that the construction of discipline group with advantages and characteristics within the provincial universities during the 13rd-five-year-plan period is initiated by HPDE and Academic Degree Office of the province to meet the demand of discipline construction development of the province. The final goal of the construction is to advance the construction of first-class universities and disciplines within the province so as to promote the cultivation of service talents and the ability of offering the service of economic society development in a large scale, which will also lead to a comprehensive reform of graduate education and overall promotion of competitive abilities of the provincial universities.
It is said that during the 13rd-five-year-plan period, directed by the two needs of offering service to the development of automotive industry and local economic society, all the engineering schools, college of economy and management and college of science will join for the construction of “automotive industry discipline group” to further promote and highlight the comparative advantages of engineering education of HUAT. Other schools and colleges, such as school of humanity, foreign language, will join for the construction of discipline group of Wudang culture, so as to enhance the ability of offering service to cultural heritage and local economic development.
