South-Central University for Nationalities (SCUEC), located in Wuhan, Hubei Province, is a comprehensive full-time ordinary university directly under the National Ethnic Affairs Committee of China, covering all subjects except military science, and specializing in ethnology, literature and other humanities. It is a qualified university in China's "Key Minority Program" and has the right to award doctoral degrees.

In June 5438+February 2002, China Academy of Sciences signed an agreement with the State Ethnic Affairs Commission to jointly establish South-Central University for Nationalities. ? In 2003, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the Wuhan Municipal People's Government decided to jointly build the school. 20 15 The State Ethnic Affairs Commission signed an agreement with the Hubei Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education to jointly build South-Central University for Nationalities. Since then, the school has become an ordinary university jointly established by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Ministry of Education, China Academy of Sciences, Hubei Provincial People's Government and Wuhan Municipal People's Government.

The school, formerly known as South-Central University for Nationalities, was founded in 195 1, formerly known as Central South University for Nationalities. 1952 1 1. With the approval of the Central South Military and Political Commission, the Central South Branch of Minzu University of China was renamed as Central South University for Nationalities; 1985, the school enrolled the first batch of graduate students; In March 2002, the school was officially renamed South-Central University for Nationalities. In 2006, the school officially obtained the right to confer doctoral degrees; In 20 10, the school achieved the goal of having 56 minority students for the first time.

As of March 20 16, South-Central University for Nationalities has 1 first-class authorized doctoral programs, 8 authorized doctoral programs in two disciplines, mobile postdoctoral research stations 1 and 4 doctoral programs in Hubei. There are 18 academic master degree authorization points, 79 academic master degree authorization points in two disciplines and 9 master degree authorization points; There are 3 first-class key disciplines of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, 8 first-class key disciplines of Hubei Province, and state administration of traditional chinese medicine 1 Key Construction Specialty.