South-Central University for Nationalities is a comprehensive institution of higher learning directly under the central government and under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. The school, formerly known as South-Central University for Nationalities, was founded in 195 1 and renamed South-Central University for Nationalities in March 2002. The school has set up 77 undergraduate majors in 10 discipline, and the authorized disciplines cover all 12 disciplines except military science, including philosophy, law, literature, history, economics, management, education, engineering, science, medicine, agriculture, art and so on.
As of 20 13 and 12, the school has a first-class doctoral program 1 and six doctoral programs in two disciplines; There are 19 academic first-class master's degree authorization points, 80 academic two disciplines master's degree authorization points and 8 master's degree authorization points (10 professional fields). At present, the school has 23 national and provincial top-quality courses, 5 national characteristic specialty construction sites, dominant disciplines in Hubei universities 1, 2 characteristic disciplines in Hubei universities1,4 provincial and ministerial key disciplines1,7 provincial brand specialties, and national and provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers1.