Hunan University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, and a national key university of "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project". The school originated from Yuelu Academy, one of the four major academies in Song Dynasty, and was founded in 976 (the ninth year of Song Taizu Kaibao). In 2000, the former Hunan University and Hunan University of Finance and Economics merged to form a new Hunan University in the adjustment of the national university layout structure. Hunan University (referred to as Huda) is located in Yuelu Mountain Scenic Area, a national 4A-level scenic spot on the west bank of Xiangjiang River in Changsha City, Hunan Province. Xiangjiang River is full of water in front, and Yuelu Mountain is full of mountains behind. The campus is elegant and the scenery is pleasant. Yuelu Mountain is towering with ancient trees, full of greenery, and the Xiangjiang River flows northward. The natural landscape and human landscape complement each other. Traditional culture and modern civilization complement each other and have always been a good place for study and research. The school covers a total area of 1.27 square kilometers, with a building area of 1.039 million square meters and a collection of more than 4.8 million books. The predecessor of Hunan University can be traced back to Yuelu Academy, which was founded in 976 AD. 1903, Yuelu Academy was transformed into Hunan College of Higher Education, 1926 was named Hunan University, and 1937 was changed to National Hunan University, becoming one of more than ten national universities of the Ministry of Education of the National Government. From Yuelu Academy to Hunan University, this sacred place for educating people has cultivated countless talents who have applied themselves to the world. Wang Fuzhi, an outstanding materialist thinker, was the first reformist enlightenment thinker who advocated learning from the West and put forward the idea of "learning from foreigners to control foreigners"; Zuo, the first national hero who established a navy and devoted himself to defending and developing Xinjiang; Guo Songtao, the first foreign minister of China; Cai E, the leader of the old democratic revolution; Cai Hesen, Deng Zhongxia and Xie Juezai, proletarian revolutionaries; and Zhang Fengkeng, the first China to reach the South Pole. Comrade Mao Zedong, the founding leader, has stayed in Yuelu Academy several times to explore the truth of saving the country and the people, and he is a man of lofty ideals. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Central People's Government appointed Li Da, a famous philosopher and educator, as the president of Hunan University, and President Mao Zedong personally wrote the name of the university. 1953, adjustment of state departments. Hunan University was renamed Central South Institute of Architecture and Engineering and Hunan Institute of Engineering, and its original name was restored at 1959. In 2000, Hunan University and Hunan University of Finance and Economics merged to form a new Hunan University directly under the Ministry of Education. Today, Hunan University is a comprehensive national key university with solid science foundation, strong engineering strength, unique humanistic background and distinctive characteristics of economic management discipline. It is also a university directly under the central government and a key construction university of the National 2 1 1 Project and the 985 Project, and is listed in the National "11Plan" and "Outstanding Engineer". Known as the "Millennium University, a century-old school."