Hunan University of Technology is located in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province. The State Administration of Market Supervision and the People's Government of Hunan Province jointly established a university, a world-class discipline construction university in Hunan Province, and a domestic first-class discipline construction university in Hunan Province. Selected in the "National Special Needs Doctoral Talents Training Plan" and Hunan Province 20 1 1 plan. China is the first member accepted by the International Association of Packaging Research Institutions (IAPRI) and vice president of China Packaging Federation.

The history of the school can be traced back to Zhuzhou Normal School founded by 1958. Zhuzhou Basic University was founded in 1979, China Institute of Packaging Engineering was founded in 1987, and 1989 was renamed Zhuzhou Institute of Technology; 200 1 In 2004, Hunan Urban Construction School and Hunan Accounting School were merged into Zhuzhou Institute of Technology. In February 2006, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, the school was renamed from Zhuzhou Institute of Technology to Hunan University of Technology. In the same year, Zhuzhou Teachers College and Hunan Metallurgical Vocational and Technical College merged.

As of September 2022, the school has two campuses, covering an area of 385.37 mu, with a collection of more than 2,832,700 books, and the total value of teaching and research instruments and equipment is 404 million yuan. There are 22 teaching colleges and 1 independent colleges, offering 83 undergraduate majors; There are 1 one first-class doctoral degree authorization point and 19 first-class master degree authorization point, covering 56 two disciplines.

16 master's degree authorization, covering 25 fields of degree authorization; There are 30,568 full-time students, including 4 doctoral students, 2,570 master students, 27,086 undergraduates and 306 junior college students. There are 2820 faculty members, including full-time teachers 19 17.