Shaoyang College was founded in 1958, and the running of medical specialty can be traced back to 1906. In 2002, the former Shaoyang Normal College and the former Shaoyang College were merged and upgraded, and Shaoyang Medical College was merged on 20 16. The school is a provincial multi-disciplinary undergraduate college with postgraduate enrollment qualification approved by the Ministry of Education, and the first batch of excellent doctoral education and training pilots by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health. In 20 18, the school was recognized as a "double-class" high-level application-oriented university in Hunan province.