Central South University ranked 29th in 985. According to official website of Central South University, Central South University ranked 29th among 985 schools in China in 2023. Central South University is a comprehensive research university located in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and a national first-class construction university. It is an important base for scientific and technological innovation in China. It has undertaken a number of major national science and technology projects and achieved important results. Central South University was formed in April 2000 by the merger of Hunan Medical University, Changsha Railway Institute and Central South University of Technology. The former Central South University of Technology was formerly known as Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, founded in 1952, and the former Changsha Railway Institute was formerly known as Central South Institute of Architecture and Engineering, founded in 1953. The main disciplines of the two universities can be traced back to Hunan Higher Industrial School, which was founded in 1903. Hunan Medical University, formerly known as Xiangya Medical College, was founded in 19 14 and is one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in western medicine in China.