Central South University is located in Changsha, a famous historical and cultural city in China, covering an area of 5,886 mu and a building area of 2.76 million square meters. It straddles the banks of Xiangjiang River and stands on the majestic Yuelu Mountain, facing the surging Xiangjiang River. With elegant environment and pleasant scenery, it is an ideal garden for study and study.
Central South University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, the first batch of national "2 1 1 Project", the provincial key university of "985 Project" and the first batch of national "201Plan". 20 17 was approved as a world-class university by the State Council in September. Party Secretary Hongyi and President Tian Hongqi.
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 the course of Mining and Road in Hunan Higher Institute of Technology founded by 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.
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First, the predecessor of the school
On April 29, 2000, Central South University was formed by the merger of Central South University of Technology, Hunan Medical University and Changsha Railway Institute in the reform of national institutions of higher learning. It can be traced back to Hunan Higher Institute of Technology and Xiangya Medical College founded by 1903 and 19 14 respectively.
Central South University of Technology, formerly known as Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1952), enjoys a world-renowned mining discipline and is known as the "Huangpu of Mining and Metallurgy" in China. Changsha Railway Institute, formerly known as Central South Institute of Architecture and Engineering (1953), enjoys the reputation of "Troika" in domestic civil engineering. Hunan Medical University, formerly known as Xiangya Medical College (19 14), is the earliest institution of higher learning of western medicine in China, enjoying the reputation of "Xiangya in the south and Concord in the north".
Second, the campus environment
New campus of Central South University 1:
The first phase of the new campus covers an area of nearly 2,000 mu (with an investment of 2.5 billion yuan) and was completed and put into use in August 2009.
It has an advanced digital library, a fully functional teaching building, a well-equipped physics laboratory building, an electronic and electrical laboratory building and a foreign language teaching building. The new gymnasium built in 2008 is among them. The new campus has realized digitalization of information, automation of management and equipped with air conditioning, which is the place where all teachers and students have classes, self-study and experiments.
2. Central South University Library:
With the new campus library as the main body, it is distributed in five campuses, with a total construction area of 70,000 square meters, 12 business departments, more than 5,500 reading seats, and the weekly opening hours are 70- 105 hours.
By the end of 20 10, there were 4.2 million kinds of paper documents, 0.40 million kinds of e-books and 0.90 million kinds of electronic periodicals. There are more than 1000 computers in the library local area network, and the bandwidth to the desktop reaches 100M. The digital library is rich in resources and has distinctive features, providing network information services 24 hours a day.
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