Light and big generally refers to Wuhan University of Light Industry. Wuhan University of Light Industry is the earliest school in China to train professionals in the grain industry. It is a university jointly established by the State Grain and Material Reserve Bureau and the Hubei Provincial People's Government, and it is a first-class discipline construction university in Hubei Province. Selected into the first batch of outstanding agricultural and forestry talents education and training plan. Extended Information School originated from Wuhan Accounting Secondary Technical School founded by 195 1, and once belonged to the former Ministry of Grain, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Internal Trade. 1980 Wuhan institute of grain industry was established with the approval of the State Council; 1993, renamed Wuhan Institute of Food Industry; During the period of 1998, a management system was established, which combined the central and local governments and focused on Hubei Province. 1999, renamed Wuhan Institute of Technology; In 2000 and 2003, the former Wuhan Traffic Health School and the former Hubei General Technical Engineering School were merged as a whole. 20 13 was renamed Wuhan University of Light Industry.

Wuhan University of Light Industry has two campuses, with a school land area of nearly 6.5438+0 million square meters, a school building area of 5.65438+0 million square meters, a library with more than 65.438+0.5 1 10,000 volumes of paper documents, and teaching and research instruments and equipment worth 270 million yuan. At present, there are nearly 1.400 faculty members and more than 890 full-time teachers, including more than 500 teachers with senior titles. Teachers with doctoral and master's degrees account for more than 90% of the total number of full-time teachers.