Wuhan Institute of Technology (WIT; 武汉工程大学) is a university in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The university was founded in 1972 as Hubei Institute of Petrochemical and Chemical Technology (湖北化工石油学院). It was under the administration of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. In 1980, with the authorization of the Ministry of Education of China, it was renamed Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology (武汉化工学院). In 2006 it was renamed again as Wuhan Institute of Technology (武汉工程大学) by the Ministry of Education.