Hunan University of Science and Technology, located in Xiangtan City, is a key university supported by Hunan Provincial People's Government, State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, former state administration of work safety, and "National First-class University" in Hunan Province.

"Hunan Province 20 1 1 Plan" was selected into universities, "excellent" universities evaluated by the Ministry of Education, "excellent engineer education and training plan" universities of the Ministry of Education, and the first batch of national universities with typical experience in innovation and entrepreneurship;

Colleges and universities with typical employment experience of national graduates; It has the right to recommend outstanding undergraduate graduates to study for graduate students without taking the test, the qualification of "master students" and the right to recruit students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

The school was formed by the merger of Xiangtan Institute of Technology and Xiangtan Normal College, the second undergraduate normal university in Hunan Province in 2003. Its school-running history can be traced back to Xiangbei Institute of Architecture, which was founded in 1949. Xiangtan Institute of Technology was founded in 1978, formerly known as Xiangtan Coal Institute, and is an undergraduate college directly under the former Ministry of Coal Industry.

198 1 renamed Xiangtan Institute of Mining and Technology, 1997 renamed Xiangtan Institute of Technology. During the period of 1998, the system was jointly established by the central and local governments, with Hunan Province as the main management. Xiangtan Teachers College was founded in 1958, formerly known as Xiangtan Teachers College. 1985 was upgraded to an undergraduate college and renamed Xiangtan Teachers College.

As of February 2022, the school covers an area of 3004.67 mu, with a building area of 1 16 1600 square meters. There are 20 teaching colleges and continuing education colleges, international education colleges and Xiaoxiang College (independent colleges), offering 98 undergraduate majors;

There are 3 post-doctoral research mobile stations, 8 first-level disciplines authorized by doctoral degrees, 30 first-level disciplines authorized by master's degrees, and professional master's degree authorized categories 17; 2,550 faculty members, including full-time teachers 1649; Xiaoxiang College has 32,597 full-time undergraduates, 59 18 postgraduates and 5,606 students.