Central China Normal University (CCNU) was founded in 1903. It is a comprehensive and prestigious university on the list of the "National 211 Priority Project". Located in Wuhan, a major hub of transportation, it has a campus on Guizi Mountain, a hill bordering the East Lake and the South Lake.

Now, CCNU comprises 24 schools and departments, more than 60 research institutes (centers) , and offers 59 bachelor's programs, 94 doctoral programs and 184 master's programs. At present the university has a student body of over 30,000, of whom 8000 are postgraduates; more than 1600 are international students.

Central China Normal University commenced to accept international students who were among the first group of overseas students enrolled by Chinese universities. It has been appointed by National Government to accept international students with Government Scholarship. Meanwhile, it is one of the earliest state-level "Chinese Language Teaching Bases", which was ratified by the State Council. CCNU has set up exchangeable relations and carried out widely academic interchange and scientific research cooperation with more than 100 universities, which belong to over 70 countries, such as America, German, Japan, Russia, France, New Zeeland, Australia, Korea, Vietnam and so on. The university has begun to enroll overseas students in 1965. At present, we have 1600 overseas students from more than 100 countries for long-term study or for pursuing degrees. We warmly welcome students all over the world to join our international family!