Changsha University of Science and Technology &; Technology) "CSUST" is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Transport and the Hunan Provincial People's Government. It belongs to the "National First-class University" in Hunan Province (Class A) and was selected as the "Basic Capacity Building Project of Universities in the Midwest".
The Ministry of Education's "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" and the Ministry of Education's "Innovative Experiment Program for College Students" are members of China Electric Power University Alliance, Green Transportation Alliance and China-Russia Jiaotong University Alliance. It is a typical university with graduates' employment experience and a model university for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education in China.
Changsha University of Science and Technology was formed by the merger of Changsha Jiaotong University and Changsha Institute of Electric Power in 2003. The predecessor of Changsha University of Electric Power was Changsha Hydropower School founded by Ministry of Electric Power Industry 1956. Hunan Water Conservancy and Hydropower School founded by 1956 and Hunan Light Industry School founded by 1958 (later renamed Hunan Institute of Light Industry) merged into the original Changsha Institute of Electric Power in 200 1 and 2002.