The Institute for Advanced Studies of Wuhan University (IAS), is founded in April, 2014, is an independent institute directly affiliated to Wuhan University. The first president of IAS is Prof. Zhu Yuxian, a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences. IAS gives priority to develop Life Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Material Sciences and relative research fields. It places emphasis on fundamental research, focuses on frontier disciplines, encourages discussions and collaborative research on important interdisciplinary problems.

-Medical Research Institute, Wuhan University

Medical Research Institute (MRI),founded in April 2014，is located in theShuanghu comprehensive experimental building in School of Medicine of Wuhan University, covering an area of 15000m2. Dr. Shu Hongbing, vice president of Wuhan University and a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, serves as the first dean. MRI is a special and innovative scientific research zone for high calibre talents from Wuhan University. The goal is to gather these talents, integrate the advantages of discipline resources, promote the combination and transformation of basic and clinical medicine, improve the academic level of medical sciences of our university and build an influential and high-profile biomedical research Centre internationally.

-The Institute of Technological Sciences of Wuhan University

The Institute of Technological Sciences of Wuhan University (ITS)was established in April, 2017. It is located in the Yage Building of Wuhan University and is a relatively independent research institution directly affiliated to WHU. Liu Sheng, Dean of the School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, served as the Executive Dean. Based on the engineering discipline, ITS brings together multi-disciplinary high-end talents, with advanced manufacturing, new energy, advanced materials and aerospace as the main development directions. And also, on the basis of the multidisciplinary development and the advantages of interdisciplinary research in the WHU ITS explores leading research projects, helps solve common industrial problems and create revolutionarily new industries that further enhances the academic strength of the engineering discipline of Wuhan University and builds a high-level engineering research base with international influence.

-China Institute for Main Function Area Strategy of Wuhan University

China Institute for Main Function Area Strategy of Wuhan University (CIMFAS)is an independent research institution of Wuhan University. It was jointly established by the National Development and Reform Commission and Wuhan University in April 2017. Li Jiancheng, the vice president of Wuhan University, is the dean. With the theme of promoting the implementation of the main function area strategy, CIMFAS fully exerts the advantages of policy coordination role of the National Development and Reform Commission and the multidisciplinary in Wuhan University. It focuses on deepening and improving the main function area strategy and system, works as the spatial planning reform pilot, takes hold of assessment, monitoring, early warning and control on the resources and environment capacity and construction of national key ecological functional areas and marine main function areas, etc. CIMFAS carries out forward-looking, applied, political research, training and teaching work, and strives to build a compound talent training base for main function area strategy and institutional research, that adapts to the strategic development needs of the main function area and a third-party authoritative institutions for resource and environmental carrying capacity and land and space development assessment. It provides theoretical, technical, policy and talent support for the construction of China's main functional areas.