Hunan University, a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, is a national "2 1 1 project", "985 project" and "double-class" construction university, and has been selected as one of the first batch of demonstration universities, universities with typical experience in innovation and entrepreneurship and innovation and entrepreneurship bases in China. The school is located in Changsha, Party Secretary and Principal Section. The school motto is "seeking truth from facts and being the first".
Hunan University is known as "the most poetic university in China". As of March 2022, the campus covers an area of 24 1 0,000 square meters, with a building area of10.34 million square meters. There are 27 colleges with disciplines and specialties covering 1. There are 74 undergraduate majors, 35 first-level disciplines authorized by master's degree, 30 first-level disciplines authorized by doctor's degree and 28 post-doctoral research stations.
Two disciplines has two first-class national key disciplines and 14 national key disciplines. Seven disciplines were selected as national defense specialty disciplines, and the disciplines of chemistry, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering entered the ranks of "world-class disciplines", with more than 4,400 faculty members.