Jishou University, referred to as "Jida" for short, runs across Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture and Zhangjiajie City. It is a university jointly established by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the provincial departments of Hunan Provincial People's Government. It is a high-level construction university in Hunan Province and a first-class discipline construction university in Hunan Province. The school has the qualification to recommend graduate students without examination.

He was selected as a member of China Service Outsourcing School-enterprise Alliance, and included in the national central and western universities' basic capacity-building project, excellent doctoral education and training plan, excellent agricultural and forestry talents education and training plan, national special-needs doctoral talents training project and Hunan Province's 201/plan.

The school was founded in April 1958, and was upgraded to a provincial comprehensive university in April 1978. In the same year, Xiangxi Branch of Xiangya Medical College of Central South University was merged into Jishou University to form the Department of Medicine, and Xiangxi Branch of Xiangtan University was merged into Jishou University to form the Department of Physical Education.

In 2000, Jishou Health School was merged into Jishou University; 200 1, Xiangxi Institute of Ethnic Education and Jishou Normal School for Nationalities merged into Jishou University to form Jishou Normal College; In 2002, Wuling College was merged into Jishou University and became the Zhangjiajie Campus of Jishou University.

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According to the official website in June 2022, there are 2 1 teaching colleges and 78 undergraduate majors, covering 12 disciplines. In July, 2020, official website showed that there were nearly 1.500 vocational education employees, including more than 1.654 38+0.000 full-time teachers, including more than 700 senior professional titles, and more than 560 doctoral supervisors and master supervisors.

Experts of "Special Government Allowance of the State Council" 14, national candidates of "One Million Talents Project in the New Century" 1 person, 6 talents of "New Century Excellent Talents Support Program" of the Ministry of Education, and outstanding young and middle-aged experts of ethnic studies of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission 1 person.