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Central South University, located in Changsha, Hunan Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). Directly under the Ministry of Education, it ranks among the national "double-class", "985 Project" and "21project" and is selected as the national "20 165438+".
"11/plan", "strong foundation plan", excellent engineer education and training plan, excellent doctor education and training plan, excellent legal talent education and training plan, national innovative talent training demonstration base, national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, and national public postgraduate plan for building high-level universities.
Self-labeling universities, medical "double-first-class" construction alliance, national intellectual property demonstration universities, 2.0 base for training top students in basic disciplines, China-Central Asian national university alliance, China-Russia Jiaotong University alliance and high-level public health college are the first five universities in China to pilot eight-year medical education (joint study of bachelor's degree and doctoral degree).
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, formerly known as Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, was founded in 1952.
Changsha Railway Institute, formerly known as Central South Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture, was founded in 1953. The main disciplines of the two universities can be traced back to Hunan Higher Industrial School, which was founded in 1903. Hunan Medical University, formerly known as Xiangya Medical College, was founded in 19 14 and is one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in western medicine in China.