192 1 American education delegation confirmed that Xiangya Medical College and Peking Union Medical College (now Peking Union Medical College) founded by 1906 are the best schools in China. The saying "North Concord, South Xiangya" comes from this. 1925 school changed its name to xiangya medical university, 193 1 school changed its name to private xiangya medical college. During the Anti-Japanese War, the school once moved westward, and 1945 returned to Changsha.
The school 1953 was renamed Hunan Medical College, and 1987 was renamed Hunan Medical University. In 2000, the former Central South University of Technology, Changsha Railway Institute and Hunan Medical University merged into Central South University, and Hunan Medical University became Xiangya Medical College of Central South University. At present, the school is a 985 engineering university and a double-class construction university.
Xiangya Medical College of Central South University:
Xiangya Medical College of Central South University, located in Changsha, Hunan Province, is an affiliated college of Central South University. It is one of the ten comprehensive university medical schools designated by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health. It is one of the two institutions that the World Federation of Medical Education and the International Committee of Medical Education are simultaneously conducting two standard pilot studies in China, and it is also one of the first five institutions to pilot eight-year medical education. The motto of the college is "public courage and diligence, sincere love and modesty".