School official website. 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". Because Changsha was affected by the epidemic, the opening ceremony of Central South University was held online. According to official website of Central South University, the opening ceremony of Central South University was watched live in official website. Central South University was formed in April 2000 by the merger of Hunan Medical University, Changsha Railway Institute and Central South University of Technology.