The School of Computer Science at Wuhan University was formed in 2010 by an amalgamation of the former School of Computer Science at Wuhan University, State Key Laboratory of Software Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Multimedia Software, and Center of Computing at Wuhan University. Its history can be traced back to the Department of Computer Science founded in 1978 by the former Wuhan University, which was one of the earliest established departments of computer science in China.
 
The School of Computer Science has a complete discipline structure and distinctive majors. It has the national key discipline of “Computer Software and Theory”, and the authorization of Doctoral Degree for the first-level discipline of “Computer Science and Technology”, and the first-level discipline of “Software Engineering”. It has 7 PhD Programs (Computer Software and Theory, Computer Application Technology, Computer System Architecture, Information Security, Software Engineering, Security Emergency Information Technology, and Communication and Information System),10 Master Programs (Computer Software and Theory, Computer Application Technology, Computer System Architecture, Information Security, Software Engineering, Security Emergency Information Technology, Communication and Information System, Pattern Recognition and Intelligent System, Computer Technology, and Electronic and Communication Engineering),3 undergraduate majors (Computer Science and Technology, Information Security, and Internet of Things), and 2 Postdoctoral Research Center (Computer Science and Technology, and Software Engineering).
 
Moreover, the School of Computer Science has national laboratories and centers including the State Key Laboratory of Software Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Multimedia Software, and Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Security and Trusted Computing Ministry of Education (class B), and National Network Security Virtual Simulation Experiment Teaching Center.
 
The School of Computer Science currently hasa total of 202 faculties including 57 Professors and 87 Associate Professors. Many of them are the recipients of distinguished scholars, such as National Outstanding Teacher, Cheung Kong Scholar，Outstanding Young Scholar from National Science Foundation of China, Thousand Talent Program Scholar, and Scholar of Trans-Century Training Program Foundation for the Talents by the Ministry of Education.
 
With the many-year efforts and development, the School of Computer Science has formed its own features in many research areas, such as software theory and methods, information security and trusted computing, media information computing and analysis, aerospace information networking, data science and engineering, software service engineering, complex software construction methods and validation techniques, software testing and quality assurance, software evolution theory, software engineering data management and data mining. In recent years, the School of Computer Science has undertaken a lot of national projects including National Program on Key Basic Research Project (973 Program), National High-tech R&D Program of China (863 Program), and National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, and has won more than 20 national and provincial awards.
 
The School of Computer Science has cultivated many professional talents in various occupations, and has been always putting the cultivation of students as the first position. Currently there are1530 full-time undergraduate students, and 956postgraduate students including 388 PhD students and 568Master students. These students have won a lot of awards in many national contests. With the objective of building world-class disciplines, the School of Computer Science is endeavoring to speed up the construction of an open and international school of computer science.