1, 985 institution. Central South University is a double-class university of 985 and 2 1 1, while Southwest University is a university of 2 1 1, not a university of 985.

2. Teachers. By April 2023, Central South University had 6 189 faculty members. In the structure of full-time teachers, there are 265/kloc-0 teachers with doctoral degrees, accounting for 79.85%. There are 7 14 young teachers aged 35 and below, accounting for 2 1.5 1%, and 995 teachers aged 36-45, accounting for 29.97%. Senior title teachers 1, 179, deputy senior title teachers 1, 382, and intermediate title teachers 486. Among them, academician of China Academy of Sciences 1 person, academician of China Academy of Engineering 17 person, national model of teaching and educating people 1 person. There are 34 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and 2 national experts with outstanding contributions. By June 2023, Southwest University had 3,226 full-time teachers, including 789 full-time senior titles, 330 associate senior titles, 562 doctoral supervisors and 738 master supervisors. National talents 140, including 2 academicians of China Academy of Sciences, 4 academicians of China Academy of Engineering, 5 overseas academicians, and senior professor of humanities and social sciences 1 person. In addition, the Ministry of Education has two Huang Danian-style teachers, four national teaching teams and three innovative teams, all of which are not as good as Central South University.