1.5 meters. According to official website of Central South University, the height of university dormitory from bed to ceiling is 1.5m, and the spatial layout of different dormitories and rooms will be different, depending on the actual situation. 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 the Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, founded in 1952, and the former Changsha Railway Institute was the Central South Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture, founded in 1953. The main disciplines of the two universities can be traced back to Hunan Higher Industrial School, which was founded in 1903.