The college was formerly known as Chengnan Academy founded by Zhang Qian in the Southern Song Dynasty, and 1903 was established as Hunan Normal College. 19 12 and 19 14 were successively changed to Hunan public first normal school and Hunan provincial first normal school, and were renamed Hunan first normal school after liberation. In March 2000, it was upgraded to a normal college. In April 2008, it was upgraded to a normal college and renamed Hunan First Normal College. 20 14 was selected as an excellent teacher training program for universities.
As of 20 18, the school is characterized by normal education, including Chengnan Academy Campus and Dongfanghong Campus, covering an area of 1346 mu. There are more than 1,000 staff members 1 person, including 92 professors, 26 associate professors, 546 doctors 1 person, 3 experts enjoying special government allowances and provincial famous teachers 1 person. The school has 12 teaching colleges and 3 1 undergraduate majors.
By the end of 20 14, the teachers of this school had published 90 academic monographs and teaching materials on campus scenery, and published 2 papers151,among which 64 papers were included in SCI, EI and ISTP, and 96 papers were from CSSCI core database1. Undertake 790 educational reform projects and scientific research projects, including 17 projects of relevant departments of China and the State Council, and 1 projects of National Natural Science Foundation and Social Science Foundation respectively; Won the provincial (ministerial) level teaching and research award 15. Students in our college have won more than 400 prizes at or above the provincial level in various subject competitions, including more than 400 national prizes 100.