The school was founded on 1958. In 2000, the Central South Institute of Technology and the Sixth Research Institute of Nuclear Industry, which were originally affiliated to the Ministry of Nuclear Industry, merged with Hengyang Medical College, which was originally affiliated to the Hunan Provincial Government, to form South China University. 20 16, University of South China was selected as the second phase of "Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in the Midwest". By March 2022, there will be 25 directly affiliated colleges, 7 directly affiliated hospitals and 23 cooperative postgraduate training units. 72 undergraduate majors; It is a comprehensive university that focuses on engineering and medicine, and nine disciplines, such as philosophy, economics, law, literature, science, management and art, develop in harmony.
As of April 20 16, the school covers an area of more than 3,000 mu and has more than 38,000 students, including more than 33,000 full-time undergraduates, more than 4,500 doctoral and master students and more than 200 international students. There are 2,808 faculty members, including full-time teachers 16 10, clinical teachers in directly affiliated hospitals 165438, 458 professors (including professor-level senior engineers, researchers and chief physicians) and 65438 associate professors (including senior engineers, associate researchers and deputy chief physicians). The school has 26 directly affiliated colleges, 4 directly affiliated hospitals and 13 cooperative affiliated hospitals. There are 76 undergraduate majors, with the right to award doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees.