Founded in 1938, the school is the first independent normal college for nationalities in China. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the National Teachers College was merged into Hunan University. 1In August, 953, the national departments were adjusted, Hunan University was abolished, and Hunan Normal University was established. 1984, the school was renamed Hunan Normal University.

As of April 2020, the school has 7 campuses, covering an area of 2,744 mu; There are 24 colleges and 86 undergraduate majors; The library has more than 4 million books; Master's degree in 24 categories; The school has more than 960 full-time teachers/kloc-0; There are more than 40,000 students in school, including graduate students 1 0,000 and international students 1 0,200.