文华学院前身——“华中科技大学文华学院”，是2003年5月经教育部批准的普通全日制高校，由武汉美联地产有限公司与华中科技大学共同举办。2014年5月，教育部批准学校转设为独立设置的民办普通本科学校，更名为“文华学院”。
Wenhua College was formerly called Wenhua College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, a full-time regular institution of higher learning authorized by the Ministry of Education in May 2003 and jointly run by Wuhan Union Real Estate Limited Company and Huazhong University of Science and Technology. In May, 2014, the Ministry of Education authorized the College to transfer its identity to the privately-run regular undergraduate college, officially renaming it" Wenhua College".
文华学院位于华中科技大学旁，直线距离不足一公里，坐落在武汉东湖新技术开发区“武汉•中国光谷”腹地创业街上，毗邻风光秀丽的东湖风景区。学校校园占地面积1340亩，绿树成荫，红枫成林，被誉为武汉“颜值最高的十所大学”之一，“秋天到文华看红叶”，已成为武汉市民的一种新选择。学校建筑总面积53.26万平方米，校园内现代教育及生活设施齐备，学校治学严谨，是读书治学的理想场所。
Within 1 kilometer away from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wenhua College is located at Chuangye Street, the heartland of Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone ---“The Optical Valley, Wuhan, China ”. Adjacent to the beautiful East Lake scenic spot, the campus covers 1,340 mu. Sheltered by green trees and red maples, it has won a reputation of “one of the ten most beautiful universities” in Wuhan. Therefore, "going to Wenhua to admire the breathtaking scenery of red maples in autumn" has become a new fashion among Wuhan residents. With a gross floor area of 532,600 m2, Wenhua College is fully equipped with modern education and life facilities. Rigorous academic atmosphere offers an ideal land for students’ study and research.
中国院校研究会会长、华中科技大学学术委员会副主任、博士生导师、著名高等教育学家刘献君教授任校长；中国工程院院士张勇传教授担任名誉校长。在办学过程中，文华师生共享华中科技大学优质教育资源，华中科技大学三分之一国家级教学名师及一大批优秀教师和干部在文华任教、任职。学校还聘任一批武汉名校著名学者、专家，担任学校、学部和系学术带头人。
Pro.Liu Xianjun, the President of Wenhua College, is a renowned higher educationist who is also the president of Chinese Colleges and Universities Research Association, deputy director of the academic committee of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and a doctoral supervisor. Pro. Zhang Yongchuang, the honorary President of Wenhua College, is an academician of Chinese Academy of engineering. In the schooling process, all of the teachers and students in Wenhua College share high quality educational resources with Huazhong University of Science and Technology. One third of the state-level famous teachers and a large number of outstanding teachers and cadres with Huazhong University of Science and Technology are also teaching and working in Wenhua College. A group of renowned scholars and experts in famous colleges and universities of Wuhan are appointed to hold leading positions in teaching and researching of the departments and faculties in Wenhua College.
文华学院以“育人为本，质量第一”为使命，以“博学笃志本立道生”为校训，坚持教育家办学，倡导共同创造，实现共同发展；在教改中，优化结构，重点突破；守住根本，不断创新。
The mission of Wenhua College is taking "talent nurturing as the priority and teaching quality as the first concern”. Under the motto of “developing profound knowledge with great determination and cultivating right morals from the very basis of human nature", the College insists on school management by professional educators and advocates joint creation to realize mutual development. In its educational reform, the emphasis is on optimizing the structure, making major breakthroughs, defending the fundamentals and keeping innovation.
学校现有普通全日制在校学生14000余人，设置了本科专业37个、专科专业10个，涵盖工、管、文、法、经、艺术6大学科门类，初步形成“工学为主，多学科协调发展”的学科专业发展格局。学校面向全国27个省、市招生。学校还与美国、英国、澳大利亚等国家的多所著名高校建立了校际合作关系。
There are over 14,000 full-time college students, with 37 majors of four-year program and 10 majors of three-year program, covering six branches of studies, namely, engineering, management, literature, law, economics and arts. Therefore, a preliminary pattern is formed by "taking engineering foremost and coordinating multi-disciplinary development”. At present, Wenhua College enrolls students from 27 provinces and cities all over the country. It has also established the interscholastic cooperation with many famous colleges and universities in other countries such as the United States , Britain and Australia etc.
学校在华中科技大学的帮助和指导下，建立了科学的教学质量保障体系。现有专任教师800余名，其中，具有副高级以上职称的专任教师351人，拥有博士、硕士学位的教师占42.9%，双师型专任教师占总数的40.8%。
With the assistance and under the guidance of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wenhua College has established a scientific teaching quality assurance system. There are more than 800 professional full time teachers, of whom 351 are associate professors and professors, 42.9% have master’s degree or doctorate and 40.8% are double-certificated teachers.
学校坚持科研与教学的紧密结合，主动服务地方经济和社会发展，建设了六大特色专业方向和湖北省转型发展试点项目中五个特色专业群，有一批省级精品课程和优质课程，有湖北省重点学科和战略性新兴(支柱)产业人才培养计划本科项目。设有湖北高校省级重点实验教学示范中心、湖北高校省级实习实训基地、湖北品牌发展研究中心、湖北省非物质文化遗产研究中心等省级机构。
Wenhua College insists on close combination of both scientific research and teaching. By serving the local economy and social development on own initiative, the College has established six general specialized branches and five specialized groups under the testing projects of transformation development of Hubei Province. Moreover, it has also launched a large number of provincial excellent courses and high quality courses. The undergraduate projects of talent cultivation are launched for Hubei Province key discipline and strategic emerging (pillar) industry personnel training plans. The College has also set up Hubei provincial key experimental teaching demonstrating center for higher education, Hubei provincial practicing and training bases for higher education, the Research Center for Hubei Brand Development, Hubei province Non-material Cultural Heritage Research Center and other provincial-level organizations.
学校坚持以学生为中心，创建个性化教育办学特色。首设潜能导师制，发掘学生“潜能”，深化“立志”教育，实行“一人一规划”、“一生一张课表”、“一师一优课”，为学生自由发展创设广阔空间。努力探索为每个学生提供适合的教育，创建多样性创新人才培养模式，实施个性化教育，努力营造有利于创新型、应用型人才健康成长的校园环境与氛围。
Wenhua College insists on student-centered education, creating school-running characteristics of individualized education. By first establishing the "potential-developing tutor" system which aims at developing students' "potential", the College also spares no efforts in deepening "inspirational" education and implementing "one blueprint for one student", "one curriculum for one student" and "one quality course by one teacher", so as to create larger space for students' free development. The College endeavors to explore different education suitable for different students, establish diverse kinds of cultivating patterns for innovative talents and carry out individualized education so that a more beneficial campus environment can be created for the healthy growth of innovative and application-oriented talents.
学校个性化教育探索，吸引了潘懋元、周远清、顾明远、叶澜、王英杰、瞿振元等16位著名教育家到学校调研和指导，更加活跃了学术气氛，促进了个性化教育的探索。专家们说：“文华是一所有理想、有追求的学校，在这里每个人都可以找到自由发展的空间。”2013年3月，学校《独立学院本科学生个性化教育的探索与实践》的研究课题，获第七届湖北省高等学校教学成果一等奖。
The exploration of individualized education has attracted 16 famous educators to investigate and instruct, among whom are Pan Maoyuan, Zhou Yuanqing, GuMingyuan, Ye Lan, Wang Yingjie, QuZhenyuan. Their arrival has invigorated the academic atmosphere of the College and stimulated the exploration of individualized education. They said, "Wenhua is a college with dreams and pursuit where everyone can find free space for their own development." In March 2013, the research subject "The Exploration and Practice of Individualized Education for Undergraduate Students in Independent / Private College" of Whenhua College won the first class award in the seventh session of Hubei Province College and Universities Teaching Achievement.
学校秉承华中科技大学人文素质教育优良传统，营造大学人文氛围，开设了“院士、名人、企业家”讲坛，杨叔子、李培根、罗俊、李德仁、杨家福、叶朝辉等20多位院士、校长与学生交流50多场次；“百家讲坛”主讲人王立群、易中天、于丹等知名学者，还有著名作家熊召政、方方，社会文化名人郭敬明、洪晃等先后在学校开坛讲学,激发了学生的创新创业热情,形成了良好学风。
Sticking to the excellent traditions of humanity education kept by Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wenhua College spares no efforts in creating the humanistic atmosphere of higher education, by opening “Academicians, Celebrities, Entrepreneurs” rostrums. More than 20 academicians and university presidents, like Yang Shuzi, Li Peigeng, Luo Jun, Li Deren, Yang Jiafu, Ye Chaohui gave lectures to and exchanged opinions with the students on the spot for over 50 times. Many famous scholars have given lectures in sequence, including distinguished professors and lecturers of CCTV "Lecture Room" Wang Liqun, Yi Zhongtian and Yu Dan, well-known writers XiongZhaozheng, Fang Fang and popular celebrities of the social and cultural circle GuoJingming, Hong Huang and so on. All these efforts have well stimulated students' passion in innovating and starting up business, forming the admiring academic atmosphere.
据不完全统计，2014年以来，学生参加全国、全省各类学科竞赛获奖1128项，获得了包括“湖北省十佳大学生最佳才智奖”、第八届“挑战杯”全国大学生创业计划竞赛银奖、特色奖、网络虚拟运营竞赛奖等一批全国大奖。
According to incomplete statistics, since 2014, the students of Wenhua College have won 1,128 awards in various national and provincial academic competitions, including the Best Intelligence Award in "Top Ten Undergraduates in Hubei Province", the Silver Award and the Distinctive Award in “the Eighth Session of the Challenge Cup National Business Plan Competition for College Students”, as well as "the Network Virtual Operation Competition Award" and so on.
近5年来，学校学生英语全国大学英语四级考试（CET—4）的通过率超过80%；考研录取率一直高于同类大学，占应届本科毕业生比例16%左右；其中考入北京大学、武汉大学、华中科技大学等国家“211”“985”重点大学的人数占录取人数近一半。学校的毕业生有较强的竞争优势，连续5年来，毕业生初次就业率一直保持在90%以上。
Over the past five years, the passing rates of CET-4 test taken by the students Wenhua College have been over 80%. The passing rates of the postgraduate-entrance exams taken by our students have always been higher than other colleges of the same level, being 16% of the undergraduates. About half of these students have been admitted to key universities in the National "211 Project" and the "985 Project" such as Beijing University, Wuhan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Thanks to the strong competitive advantages of College students, the initial employment rate of Wenhua has been kept at over 90%.
文华学院先后被政府和社会机构、权威媒体评价为“全国十佳独立学院”、“全国首批创新•就业型大学”、“全国最受欢迎的独立学院”、“湖北省先进民间组织”、“全国先进独立学院”。
Wenhua College has been successively rated by the government, social organizations and authoritative media as one of “the top ten independent colleges in China”, “the National First-Batch Innovative • Employment-Oriented University”, “the Most Popular Independent College in China”, “the Advanced Folk Organization of Hubei Province”, and “the National Advanced Independent College”.
近5年来，文华学院在中国校友会网《中国独立学院百强排行榜》、《中国民办大学百强排行榜》上，均排名第二位；进入中国一流民办大学行列，荣膺中国五星级民办大学。在《2015中国民办大学最佳专业排行榜》上排名第二，是湖北省唯一入围《2015中国大学工学五星级以上专业排行榜》的民办院校。
Over the past 5 years，Wenhua College has been ranked second both in “China's 100 top independent colleges ”and “China's top private universities ”which were released on the Chinese Alumni association network. Thus, the College has entered one of the Chinese First-class Private universities, enjoying the honor of “Chinese Five-star Private University”. Ranking second in “the List of the Best Specialized Major” in 2015 Chinese Private University, Wenhua College is the only private college that has been included in “the Engineering Major List with Ranking Above Five-star in Chinese universities of 2015”.
学校被新华网评为2015年“中国社会影响力民办高校”和“中国社会影响力就业典型高校”
In the year 2015, Wenhua College was evaluated as “ China 's Private College with Social Influence” and “ China 's Employment-oriented Typical College and University with Social Influence ” by Xinhua net.
