Changsha University of Science and Technology is a university with undergraduate education as the main body and the coordinated development of engineering, science, management, economics, literature, law and art. It is a provincial key university jointly established by the Hunan Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Transport, the second batch of "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" universities of the Ministry of Education, and the engineering universities of basic capacity building in central and western universities.
The school covers an area of 2,980 mu, with a total construction area of 6,543,800 square meters and total fixed assets of 3,952 million yuan, including 474 million yuan of teaching and research instruments and equipment, and a total collection of 346,543,800 books. The school has 19 teaching colleges, 1 independent colleges and 1 continuing education colleges. There are more than 38,000 full-time students, including more than 5,000 doctoral and master students. Full-time teachers 1920, including 3 professors13 and 645 associate professors. The school has 36 natural science innovation platforms such as national engineering laboratories, scientific and technological innovation teams, provincial key laboratories and engineering research centers, and 4 provincial philosophy and social science innovation platforms/kloc-0.