President Zhang expressed his hopes for the School's positioning and future layout regarding the establishment of the "Lei Jun Class" and the development of the Robotics Department. He emphasized the significant role played by Lei Jun, an alumnus who made donations to the university, and encouraged leveraging platforms such as the Wuhan Institute of Mathematics and Intelligence, the National Engineering Research Center for Multimedia Software, and the Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to attract and gather talent. The aim is to promote talent-driven development of the school, strengthen disciplines, continuously enhance comprehensive academic strength, and unite efforts to build the School of Computer Science into a well-known institution domestically and a world-class academic hub.
Wuhan University recently announced the establishment of a Robotics Department, thanks to a proposal and donation from the Lei Jun Foundation, in collaboration with Xiaomi.
According to domestic media reports, staff from the Office of the School of Computer Science at Wuhan University responded to inquiries about the Lei Jun Class by stating: "After this year's national college entrance examination, the Lei Jun Class will recruit 15 undergraduate students nationwide, majoring in computer science, to admit the most outstanding and ambitious students, with a comprehensive training program spanning both undergraduate and postgraduate studies."
He explained that the Lei Jun Class differs from other regular undergraduate classes, as every aspect of the training process is of high quality.
It's reported that Wuhan University is the alma mater of Lei Jun, the founder of Xiaomi. He announced on the university's 130th anniversary celebration on November 29 last year that he would donate 1.3 billion CNY to his alma mater, setting a record for the largest single donation since the founding of Wuhan University.
At that time, Lei Jun stated that the donation would mainly focus on three areas: supporting fundamental research in six disciplines including mathematics, physics, chemistry, literature, history, and philosophy, promoting technological innovation in the field of computer science, and fostering the development of university students.
