Official website from the School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences of Wuhan University of Technology shows that the research on higher education in Wuhan University of Technology began at 1978. In 2000, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan Jiaotong University and Wuhan Automobile Institute merged to form Wuhan University of Technology. Wuhan University of Technology Higher Education Development Research Center is affiliated to the School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences.