China University of Geosciences is a national leading university under the direct leadership of the Ministry of Education, one of the first group university listed in the national "211" Project.

China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) boasts a campus which covers an area of approximately 1.13million square metres with the scenic East Lake by its side, adjacent to national high-tech development zone and "China Optical Valley".

China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) is pround of her teaching staff consisting of 349 professors, 586 associate professors, 9 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 of International Higher Education Academy of Sciences, 4 of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, 2 of Russian Academy of Engineering, 10 specially-appointed academicians, 6 specially-appointed professors of “cheung kong scholars Scholars”, 124 doctoral supervisors. There are 106 experts enjoying the special governmental subsidy of the State Council and 6 enjoying the special governmental subsidy of Hubei Province.

China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) with the strong competitive edge in geology, resources, environment, and geological engineering technology combines the science and engineering academic disciplines with the social sciences and management academic disciplines. There are 22 faculties including science, engineering, literature, management, economics, law, education and philosophy. 62 undergraduate academic programs are authorized to grant bachelor's degrees, 118 academic programs are authorized to grant Master's degrees, 37 academic programs to grant Ph.D. degrees, and 13 engineering academic programs to grant Engineering Master's degrees, and 3 academic programs to offer post-doctoral floating centers.

Now China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) of has a total enrollment of over 44,400 students, including full-time undergraduates, master’s candidates, doctorial candidates and 20,460 overseas students.

There are more than 30,000 specimens on display in the Yifu Museum of CUG, including nearly 2,000 rare samples of fossils, minerals, and national treasures. The museum is quoted as having various functions:" A national treasury of geoscientific specimens," " A national education base for popular sciences," " A national education base of science and technology for adolescents," and " A national education base for patriotism."

"Digital CUG" project was initiated in 2000. The campus network (www.cug.edu.cn) covers all the buildings on campus, facilitating Internet visits by the faculty, students, and the staff. CAI, electronic teaching plans, CAD, and multi-function classrooms are becoming gradually more popular. The digitalization of teaching, research, and management is also on the rise. CUG is qualified to be one of the experimental universities of the national modern distance education. Now it houses nearly 20 distance education centers off campus with more than 4,000 students.

Colleges and schools:

Faculty of Economy and Management

School of Arts and Communication

Moral Education Department

Physical Education Department

School of Environmental Studies

School of Politics and Law

School of Computer

School of Mathematics and Physics

Gemmological Institute

Faculty of Information Engineering

College of Foreign Languages

Faculty of Mechanical & Electronic Information

Institute of Geophysics and Geomatics

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Material Science & Chemistry Engineering

Faculty of Resources

Faculty of Earth Sciences

Graduate School

International Education College