Located in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, University of South China is a comprehensive university jointly established by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, China National Nuclear Corporation, China Nuclear Industry Construction Corporation and Hunan Provincial People's Government. It is a class B university supported by the basic capacity building project of universities in the central and western regions of China and a first-class university in Hunan Province. Selected into excellent engineer education and training plan, excellent doctor education and training plan, national environmental protection training base, national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, national new engineering research and practice project, national international science and technology cooperation base, national innovative talent training demonstration base, national nuclear emergency publicity and training base, and national nuclear emergency medical rescue team.