Hunan University is
situated at the foot of the picturesque Yuelu
Mountain and on the west bank of the rippling Xiangjiang
River in the historically and culturally renowned City of Changsha, capital
of Hunan Province. It enjoys the title of an "Ancient Millenarian
Academy, Famous Centennial University". As one of the key and most
comprehensive universities affiliated with the Ministry of Education, it
has been included in the state's "Project 211" and
"Project 985" for priority investment and construction.
Professor Liu Keli is the Party Secretary of
the CPC Hunan University Committee and Professor Zhao Yueyu
the President of this highly reputed institute.
Hunan University, an extension of one of the four famous Academies of the
Song Dynasty, dates back to the period of the founding of Yuelu Academy in 976 AD. The university has
maintained the glorious culture and education standards inherited from
the historical institute in the process of the numerous changes faced
with during the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. It was reconstructed
into Hunan Institute of Higher Learning in 1903, renamed Hunan University
in 1926, and subordinated to the Republic of China's Ministry of
Education as one of several state universities in 1937. After liberation
and the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Central People's
Government appointed Li Da, a well-known philosopher and educator, as the
first President of Hunan University. Chairman Mao Zedong inscribed the
name of the University. In 1953, when readjusting China’s higher
education institutions, Hunan University was named the Central-South
Institute of Civil Engineering. Later it was renamed Hunan Polytechnic
College, and was finally, named Hunan University in 1959. Since 1963, the
University has been affiliated with the Ministry of Mechanical Industry
and in 1978 it was approved as a key and comprehensive university of
China, and became directly affiliated with the Ministry of Education in 1998.
In 2000, Hunan University and Hunan Institute of Finance and Economics
merged to give shape to a new wide-ranging Hunan University.
Carrying forward the celebrated traditions of quality education and personnel
cultivation, Hunan University continues to focus on the essence of its
motto "Seeking Truth from Facts; Daring to be Pioneers" and the
style of "Be Profound, Intelligent, Diligent and Dedicated in the
Pursuit of Knowledge". It has adopted distinctive teaching style
featuring "solid foundation, active thinking, strong adaptability,
and good comprehensive quality". Since the founding of the People's
Republic of China, the university has produced more than 200,000 senior
professionals, of whom large numbers of the graduates have grown into
academic experts, entrepreneurs and high ranking officials in government
and private sectors, while 16 alumni members have been elected as members
of the Chinese Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
The employment rate of the fresh graduates keeps a record of over 90%.
The
University has Graduate School and 23 colleges and departments.
Professional disciplines involve 11 subject categories, such as
philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science,
engineering, management, medicine and arts, which offer 25 first-order
disciplines authorized to confer Ph.D. degrees, 41 first-order
disciplines authorized to confer Master's degree, and 20 academic degree
authorizations, 2 key first-order disciplines and 14 key second-order
disciplines honored at the national level, as well as 21 post-doctoral
programs.
It
has a staff of over 4,300 with a faculty of more than 1950, of which,
over 1,270 are professors and associate professors,4 are members of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, 4 are
invited-members at both Chinese Academies of Sciences and Engineering, 33
are members of the state's Thousands Talents Program, 4 are members of
the state’s Ten Thousand Talents Program, 24 are Cheongkong
Chair Professors, 18 have been honored with financial support from
National Outstanding Youth Fund, 5 are members of the Academic Degree
Commission under the State Council, 21 are members of the state's
Outstanding Talents Project of the 21st century,134 are reputed as New
Century Excellent Talents in support programs of the Ministry of
Education, 34 are members of Hundred Talents Program of Hunan Province,
16 are chair Professors of the Lotus Scholarship Program of Hunan
Province,199 are Council Experts for Special Allowance, 4 are winners of
the National Distinguished Teacher Prizes, and 8 innovative teams are
supported by Program for Cheongkong Scholars
and Innovative Research Team in Universities. The student body totals
nearly 30,000, of which over 20,800 are undergraduates and 14,000 are
graduates.
The
University has established national basic-course teaching bases in
science and engineering (chemistry), national undergraduates'
cultural-quality education base, 7 national-level teaching teams, 6
bilingual model courses, 6 innovation experimental talent cultivation,
and 3 national model experimental teaching centers.
In
recent years, the University has witnessed numerous achievements, such as
one First Prize and, 5 Second Prizes in the National Teaching Achievement
Assessment, and 25 courses were rated as national Excellent Courses. In
the past five years, students from Hunan University have won nearly 900
awards for contests above provincial level, including first prize in the
National Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Work
Competition, Champion of the CCTV Cup English Speaking Contest, first
prize for the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM), and perseverance
award at the Formula SAE.
Hunan
University is equipped with 2 state key laboratories, 2 national
engineering technology research center, 1 international research center
of national level, 1 key discipline laboratory of the Commission for
Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND), 5 key
laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 5 provincial or
ministerial-level engineering technology centers, 14 key laboratories of
Hunan Province, 1 provincial engineering laboratory, 4 key laboratories
of institutions of higher learning of Hunan Province, 3 key laboratories
of mechanical industry, and 17 provincial-level social science research
bases. In the past decade, it has undertaken around 10,000 scientific
research projects at various levels, gained 2 second-class awards for the
national natural science, 3 second-class awards for the national
technological invention, 1 first-class award and 18 national second-class
awards for the Science and Technology Advancement, in addition to 6
second-class awards for Outstanding Achievements in Humanities and Social
Sciences at Universities.
Besides, technopark co., ltd. and 56
advance-level platforms for Enterprise-University-Research Institute have
been set up, whereas the base of Enterprise-University-Research Institute
Cooperation has been established in Lugu High-techIndustrial Park. The
Enterprise-University-Research Institute Cooperation relationship covers
32 provinces (districts, cities) and thousands of enterprises.
The
university enjoys academic exchanges with 140 universities and research
institutes across the world. More than 300 recruited experts come every
year for long or short term courses. The enrollment of overseas students
from over 40 countries and regions is around 1000. Confucius Institutes
of Honam University, University of Regina, and
Colorado State University have been established cooperated by Hunan
University, which make Hunan University the one who set up most overseas
Confucius Institutes in the province.
The
university covers a total area of 1,536,000 square meters with a
construction area of over 1133,300 square meters. Boasting a total
collection of over 6.2 million books and 76 TB of digital resources
(Chinese and English), the university is equipped with advanced IPv6
campus network, with 10Gb wired cable backbone network covering all the
teaching buildings, office buildings and students' apartments,
accompanied by simultaneous coverage of wireless campus network. The
computers connected with the campus network amount to over 30, 000,
enjoying a bandwidth of 4.5 G, which realizes a multi-channel informationized teaching, administration and service
based on mobile technology. The digital campus of Hunan University is
taking shape. Furthermore, National Supercomputing Center of Changsha is
under construction in the university.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China,
this institute has received great attention and high praise from the
senior leaders of both the Central Government and local authority, such
as Liu Shaoqi, Hua Guofeng, Hu Yaobang, Jiang Zemin, Zhu Rongji and Wen Jiabao. On their visits and inspection they have
commended Hunan
University
with "Cradle of the Talents of Xiang and Chu", "The
Kingdom of Chu, unique home of talents; today's academy
of Yuelu,
the prosperous cradle of all", and "Ancient
Millenarian
Academy,
Famous
CentennialUniversity".
From http://www-en.hnu.edu.cn/About
HNU/Introduction/