Three universities and one university. Xiangtan University: Xiangtan University is located in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province. It is a university jointly established by Hunan Provincial People's Government and Ministry of Education, Hunan Provincial People's Government and National Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. It is a first-class university in Hunan province, which is supported by the Ministry of Education and Hunan Province to build high-level universities and universities with characteristic disciplines. Hunan University of Science and Technology: Hunan University of Science and Technology is located in Xiangtan City. It is supported by the People's Government of Hunan Province, the National Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, universities established in state administration of work safety, universities supported by the National Basic Capacity Building Project of Central and Western Universities, national first-class universities in Hunan Province and the 20 1 1 Plan of Hunan Province, universities with excellent undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education, and universities supported by the Education and Training Plan of Excellent Engineers of the Ministry of Education. It has the right to recommend outstanding undergraduate graduates to study for graduate students without taking the test, the qualification of "master students" and the right to recruit students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Hunan Institute of Technology: Hunan Institute of Technology, located in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, is an undergraduate institution organized by the Hunan Provincial People's Government. It is the construction unit awarded the provincial master's degree in Hunan Province, Hunan Province 20 1.