Central South University * * * has 17 disciplines that rank in the top of the world 1%, namely materials science, engineering, clinical medicine, chemistry, pharmacology and toxicology, biology and biochemistry, neuroscience and behavior, mathematics, physics, computer science, molecular biology and genetics, social science, immunology, psychiatry and psychology, earth science and environmental science.

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 formerly known as Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, founded in 1952, and the former Changsha Railway Institute was formerly known as Central South Institute of Architecture and Engineering, founded in 1953. The main disciplines of the two universities can be traced back to Hunan Higher Industrial School, which was founded in 1903.

competence

By September 2022, the school had 6,069 faculty members, including China Academy of Sciences 1 person, China Academy of Engineering 17 person, 34 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 26 leading talents of the National "Ten Thousand Talents Program" and 9 chief scientists of the "973 Program" (including 2 youth programs)

The school has 30 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 62 outstanding talents in the new century/kloc-0, 4 young teachers in colleges and universities of the Ministry of Education, 9 winners of the "Millions of Talents Project", 24 leading talents of the national "Ten Thousand Talents Program", 5 national teaching masters, 8 national teaching teams, and cultural experts 1 person.