Xiangtan University, referred to as "Xiangda", is located in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province. It is a national "double first-class" construction university and a comprehensive national key university founded by Comrade Mao Zedong. The school was founded in 1958, and the name of Xiangtan University was inscribed by Comrade Mao Zedong on September 10 of the same year.
In March, 2022, official website showed that the school has graduate schools, 23 colleges and teaching departments, 3 national key disciplines, 16 first-class doctoral programs, 3 1 1 first-class master programs, 19 master degree categories, 15 post-doctoral research stations and 65,438 full-time students.