1. Central South University: Central South University, located in Changsha City, Hunan Province, with its main campus at the southern foot of Yuelu Mountain. Now it is a national key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, and the first batch of universities entered the national "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project". Its predecessors, Hunan Medical University, Changsha Railway Institute and Central South University of Technology, merged to form Central South University in April 2000.
2. Hunan University: Hunan University, referred to as Huda for short, is located in the east (south campus) and northwest (Finance College campus) of Yuelu on the west bank of Xiangjiang River in Changsha City, Hunan Province, China. It is a full-time comprehensive national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC).
3. National University of Defense Technology: National University of Defense Technology of PLA (hereinafter referred to as National University of Defense Technology) is located in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It is a comprehensive military university directly led by the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Production Party, and has always been a key institution for national and military construction. It is one of the key construction projects in the First Five-Year Plan 156 and one of the 20 key universities in China identified by the Central Committee 1959.
4. Hunan Normal University: Hunan Normal University is located in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It faces Xiangjiang River and backs to Yuelu Mountain. It is a 2 1 1 national key construction university of engineering and an excellent university for undergraduate teaching evaluation in ordinary colleges and universities of the Ministry of Education.