The university is made up of Nanhu (Southlake) campus (headquarter) and Mafangshan campus (division). Both are located in Wuhan City, which is known throughout china as 'the thoroughfare' to the nine provinces. The two campuses cover a total area of 110 hectares, including the housing area of over 480,000 square meters. HUT is equipped with teaching and scientific apparatus worth over 76,274,600 Yuan. It has perfect logistic systems and excellent teaching faculty. Among the current university staff of 1,069, there are 818 full-time instructors, of whom two professors have been awarded The Chutian Scholarship, one teacher has been listed on the China's Talent Scheme, another faculty member has been elected to The 111 Talent Scheme of Hubei Province, nineteen have been listed as the backbone and academic leader of Hubei provincial universities for the new century, ten have been awarded the title of Contributive Middle-Aged Expert, twelve have won the title of National Excellent Teacher or Provincial Model Worker, and twenty five have been awarded additional allowance by the state and the provincial government. In addition to four hundred professors and associate professors including eleven doctoral degree supervisors, HUT has more than eighty honorary or visiting professors. You can see the modern style buildings, laboratories and the grand gymnasium decorate the beautiful park-like setting. Green blankets of grass and annual trees border the walkways throughout the campus. The garden-like campus is a peaceful, enjoyable and ideal environment for teaching and scientific and technical innovations.

There are 16 schools and scietific research institutes in HUT, namely, the schools of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Computer Science & Technology, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Biological Engineering, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Management, Economics and Politics & Law, Fine Arts & Design, Science, Foreign Language, Engineering & Technology, Business, Vocational and Adult Education, Physical Education, Mechanical & Electrical Research and Design Institute.Meanwhile, several training bases and research centers are also located here, namely, the National Key Construction Teacher's Training Base for Vocational Education, Sino-UK Hubei Vocational Education Training center, the Engineering Practice & Training center of Hubei Provincial Institutions of Higher Learning, Hubei Provincial Products Quality Inspection Base, the Provincial Teachers' Training Centre of Hubei For Urban Vocational Education.

HUT actively seeks international academic exchange and development in scientific research. In recent years, about three hundred research projects have been successfully completed; more than 5800 academic papers and over 430 books and various teaching materials have been published. HUT has established a close relationship with universities and research institutions in more than ten countries and areas.

HUT has broad and promising prospects for the future. In 1998, HUT successfully passed the assessment of undergraduate teaching held by the State Ministry of Education in 2001, it successfully passed the provincial assessment for the enrollment qualification of doctoral students. According to Hubei's 10th Five-year Educational Development Plan and 2010 Provincial Development Plan, HUT has been listed as one of the primary provincial universities. The university administration and educational staff are dedicated to the continuing development of the university into one of the country's top educational institutions.