University of South China is a comprehensive university jointly established by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, China National Nuclear Corporation, China Nuclear Industry Construction Group Corporation and Hunan Provincial People's Government.
The school was formed by the merger of Central South Institute of Technology and Hengyang Medical College, and the Sixth Institute of Nuclear Industry. It is a university supported by the basic capacity building project of universities in the central and western regions of the country, an outstanding engineer and excellent doctor education and training plan approved by the Ministry of Education, and a number of undergraduate enrollment institutions. The school is located in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, with two campuses, Hongxiang and Yumu.
The school has formed a discipline professional system which focuses on engineering and medicine, and nine disciplines, such as philosophy, economics, law, literature, science, management and art, develop in a coordinated way. There are 24 directly affiliated colleges, 4 directly affiliated hospitals, cooperative affiliated hospitals 1 1, and 25 cooperative postgraduate training units.