Hunan University, referred to as "Huda", is located in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), which is jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Hunan Provincial People's Government and the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. The disciplines of Hunan University cover philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management, medicine and art.
Hunan University, which originated from Yuelu Academy, was founded in 976 AD, and was transformed into Hunan College in 1903. 1926 was named the provincial Hunan university, and 1937 became the 15 national university of the national government. In 1950, Mao Zedong wrote down the name of the school. 1953 was renamed as central south institute of architecture and engineering in the adjustment of national departments, and 1959 restored the name of Hunan university. In 2000, it merged with Hunan University of Finance and Economics to form a new Hunan University.
As of March 2023, the school campus covers an area of 24 1 000 square meters, with a building area of 654,338+0.34 million square meters and a collection of 7.634 million books. 27 colleges and 78 undergraduate majors; There are 28 post-doctoral research stations, 30 first-class doctoral programs, 37 first-class master programs and 26 professional degree authorization categories. There are more than 4,300 faculty members, including 2,300 full-time teachers and 36,000 full-time students, including 2 1.00 undergraduates and 0/.05 postgraduates.