學院現狀
學院現有教職工88人，專任教師79名，特聘教授1名，副教授14人，講師20人，助教45人，每年有6—8名外籍教師到我院任教。外語學院承擔全校各個層次的英語教學以及英語專業的教學任務。2002年開始招收第一屆英語專業學生，目前在校生一千餘人。
獲得榮譽
學院既有教學經驗豐富、業務水平精湛的老教授，也有年富力強、敬業愛崗的中青年教學骨幹，更有一大批朝氣蓬勃、努力進取的青年教師，其中不乏留學深造的海歸人才。學院高度重視師資隊伍建設。近年來，按照“送出去、引進來”的建設方針，採取引進、聯合培養、中短期國內外培訓、外聘等多種方式，不斷提高教師的學術水平和教學水平。目前已形成一支以中青年教師為主體，具有較強發展潛力的師資隊伍，基本上形成了多層次，綜合性的學術梯隊。近三年來承擔省、校級各類教學研究項目十餘項，發表論文百餘篇。學院教師在學校組織的歷屆教學基本功競賽中多次獲一、二等獎，教學效果學生、督導評價良好。
多年來，學院認真貫徹教育部和學校對外語教學的要求，潛心探索提高教學質量的有效途徑，腳踏實地工作，為提高我校外語教學水平做出了不懈的努力，取得了豐碩的成果。目前，大學英語為省級優質課程，校精品課程，綜合英語為校精品課程，另有校重點建設課程6門。學院積極推行教學改革，落實因材施教的教育方針，充分調動學生學習積極性，努力培養學生自主學習能力，學生在各種英語考試和競賽中均取得了優異成績。近三年來，大學英語四級通過率逐年提高，英語專業四級通過率均超過全國平均通過率近20個百分點。我校學生多次在全國大學生英語競賽，湖北省大學生英語演講比賽，CCTV杯全國大學生英語演講比賽，21世紀澳門之星全國大學生英語競賽中榮獲特等、一、二等獎。
發展方向
在專業建設方面，作為我校人才培養模式的一個重大改革，以“外語+專業（方向）”為特色，以課程建設為突破口，全面推進素質教育，按照“厚基礎、寬口徑、重能力”的目標，大力培養英語語言基本功紮實，具有較強的語言綜合套用能力，有明確專業方向和相關專業知識，有寬廣的知識面和深厚人文素養的複合型實用外語人才。
此外，外語學院最新專業對外漢語使得學院凝聚了更多活力。如今漢語風潮即將席捲全球，培養優質高能力的漢語教學人才是目前國家非常重視的一項任務。新設這一專業，將更有利於我校外語學院的建設和發展，具有長遠目光。
領導班子
外語學院領導班子
黨委書記： 楊進
院 長：李瓊
副院長：杜麗華、韓高軍
副書記：郭 昕
英文介紹
Institute of Technology
School
School of Foreign Languages of Wuhan Institute of Technology, the former English department founded in the year of 2000, was newly upgraded in March, 2006. School of Foreign Languages has six offices and two centers, namely, College English Office l, College English Office 2, Office of College English Listening & Speaking, Office of English Majors, Office of Business English, Office of Post-graduates, Testing & Training center and Researching Centre for Foreign Language Teaching and Learning. Equipped with 17 multi-media Language labs, 5 audiovisual labs，1 simulated lab of Business English, 1 sound studio and 1 library, the school has been sparing no efforts to facilitate the best environment for both teachers and students.
Amounting to 88, among which 79 are professional teachers, the faculty consists of I honorary professor, 14 associated professors, 20 lecturers, 45 teaching assistants and 6 to 8 foreign teachers. They shoulder varied teaching tasks, from undergraduates to graduates, from non-Englsih majors to English majors. At present, the number of English majors has been up to 1000 since the beginning of the enrollment in 2002.
Award
The school is proud of many experienced and supremely-skilled professors, the devoted teaching elites and a school of energetic and aggressive young teachers, including oversea graduates. The great importance has been attaching to the construction of facluty and the promotion of quality in teaching. Aiming at raising teachers’ teaching and researching ability, various methods have been implemented, such as sending out teachers for further study and research, the indraught of talents, nurturing teachers with jointed efforts of other universities, long or short-term taining domestically or abroad, etc. All the efforts have guaranteed a strong and potential faculty team with multi-leveled and comprehensive academic capabilities. In recent three years, dozens of researching projects at provincial or collegiate level have been done and hundreds of papers have been published. Teachers have won many first or second prizes in the teaching competitions organized by the institute. And English teaching has been highly praised by the students as well as supervision experts.
Year after year, by meeting the requirement of the Department of Education and the institue meticulously and cautiously and by studying the methods to improve the teaching quality devotedly and prfoundly, the school enjoys pleasant and rich achievements in teaching and scientific research. For example, 7 different courses have been appraised as high-quality courses of Hubei province or the Institute respectively. In addition, with the determination of carrying out the teaching reform and student-oriented teaching methodology to motivate students in their study and to develop their ability of doing self-study, the school have witnessed the improving performance of students in CET4 and EMT and numerous awards won by students in all kinds of English-speaking contests provincial-wide or national- wide, such as "CCTV cup" National English Speaking Contest, "21st Century" National English Speaking Contest, etc.
With the implement of innovation and construction, the English-specialized field has formed its own prominent characteristics of the combination of foreign language and other specialties. And it is firmly believed that, under the joint hands, practical policies and specific working objects, the school is and will be sending talents with comprehensive capabilities.
Core Leadership
:
Secretary of the Communist Party:Yang Jin
Dean of school: Li Qiong
Vice Dean: Du Lihua Han Gaojun
Vice Secretary of the Communist Party: Guo Xin
