The international impact of physics in HUST is expanding fastly. HUST is an unique university in the world, owning three affiliated National Laboratories related to physics: Wuhan National Laboratory of Optoelectronics, National Pulsed High Magnetic Field Center, and the National Precise Gravity Measurement Facility led by the School of Physics. They strongly support the research of AMO, condensed matter physics, precision measurement, fundamental theoretical physics and test of fundamental physical laws, and geophysics, etc.

The scientific researchers from the Facility of National Precise Gravity Measurement were measured out the most precise Gravitational Constant G in the world, which has been written into textbooks of China's middle schools and developed the first high-precision quantum gravimeter in China. It was praised as the "Gravity Center of the World" by the international counterparts. Supported by 3 national scientific research platforms, we built MOE Key Laboratory of Fundamental Quantities Measurement and Hubei Key Laboratory of Gravitation and Quantum Physics. We established the Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Department of Astronomy, realizing the balanced and integrated development of physics. Based on disciplines, we have established 15 research groups consisting of full-time faculty members and PhD students. Every research group has a principal investigator (PI) responsible for the scientific research and student education of the group. The PI must be a full-time professor and has already been responsible for cultivating several graduate students with high quality. Nevertheless, the group members can be from other schools and universities overall in the world.