According to the China Education Online website, Central South University of Technology was originally named "Central South University", and there are only four universities in Hunan, namely Central South University, Hunan University, Hunan Normal University and National University of Defense Technology. There are only three 985 universities in Hunan, Central South University, Hunan University and National University of Defense Technology. So Central South University is a 985 and 2 1 1 university.

CentralSouthUniversity, located in Changsha City, Hunan Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), with a sub-ministerial system directly under the central government, ranking among the national "double-class", "985 Project" and "21Project". Selected into the national "20 1 1 plan" leading universities, "1plan", "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 construction high school. New Engineering Research and Practice Project, China Government Scholarship Institution for Studying in China, Independent Auditing Institution for Degree Authorization, Self-marking University, Medical "Double First-class" Construction Alliance, National Intellectual Property Demonstration University, 2.0 Base for Training Top Students in Basic Subjects, China-Central Asia University Alliance, China-Russia Jiaotong University Alliance and High-level Public Health College Construction University are the first five universities in China to pilot eight-year medical education (joint study of bachelor's degree and doctoral degree).