The headquarters of Hunan University of Science and Technology is located in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, one of the central cities of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration in the national "two-oriented society" construction experimental zone. The school is a provincial key university in Hunan Province, one of the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" universities of the Ministry of Education, and one of the top 50 universities in China with typical graduates' employment experience 20 12-20 13. In 2007, the Ministry of Education evaluated it as "excellent" university.