According to official website information, hunan city university and hunan city university, referred to as "hunan city university" for short, are full-time undergraduate colleges sponsored by the Hunan Provincial People's Government, "double first-class" high-level application-oriented colleges in Hunan Province, "pilot units of informatization construction of the Ministry of Education" and typical universities with national graduates' employment experience. Since 2020, the school has transferred to a batch of undergraduate enrollment in Hunan Province.
The school is located in Yiyang City, Hunan Province, which is the core city of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the ecological economic circle around the lake on the south bank of Dongting Lake. The school has profound cultural background, beautiful natural environment and convenient transportation. It takes only half an hour to get to Changsha, the provincial capital, by high-speed train.