Universities in Hengyang include South China University, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Hengyang Teachers College, Hunan High-speed Rail Vocational and Technical College, Chuanshan College of South China University, Hunan Communications Engineering College, Nanyue College of Hengyang Teachers College, Hunan Environmental Biology Vocational and Technical College, Hunan Finance and Economics Industry Vocational and Technical College, and Hunan Industry and Commerce Vocational College.

Nanhua University is located in Hengyang City, Hunan Province. The school has two campuses, Hongxiang and Yumu. The University of South China is a multi-disciplinary university formed by the merger of Central South Institute of Technology, which was originally affiliated to the Ministry of Nuclear Industry, and Hengyang Medical College, which was originally affiliated to Hunan Province, in May 2000.

Hengyang Teachers College, located in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, is a public full-time undergraduate college approved by the Ministry of Education of Hunan Province. It belongs to a "double first-class" high-level application-oriented college in Hunan Province. He was selected into the "Hunan 20 1 1 Plan" and the first batch of new engineering research and practice projects of the Ministry of Education, and is a member of the National Universities of Applied Sciences (College) Alliance.

Hunan Institute of Technology, located in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, was approved by the Ministry of Education in 2007 and merged from Hunan Institute of Building Materials and Hunan University Hengyang Branch.