The school is located at No.932 Lushan South Road, Changsha City, Hunan Province. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education.
Brief introduction of Central South University:
Central South University, a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, is a "double first-class", "985 Project" and "21/project" construction university. Selected into the first batch of pilot universities of the "Strong Foundation Program" of the Ministry of Education and the pilot universities of eight-year medical education (doctor of medicine). It is the first active military officer university in China to train a master's degree in finger skills. The school motto is "unity of knowledge and practice, practical application".
The school was formed by the merger of the former Central South University of Technology, Changsha Railway Institute and Hunan Medical University in 2000. The earliest traces can be traced back to Hunan Higher Industrial School founded by 1903 and Xiangya Medical College founded by 19 14.
The school has a complete range of disciplines, and it is a comprehensive research university focusing on engineering and medicine, covering science, literature, law, economics, management, philosophy, education, history, art and radiation military science.
Central South University is one of the first universities to be selected into "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program", "Excellent Doctor Education and Training Program" and "Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Program". It is one of the first five universities in China to pilot eight-year medical education (joint study of bachelor's degree and doctor's degree), and the first university in China to train active military officers with master's degree in fingers and skills.
The school was selected as one of the first batch of typical universities with national graduates' employment experience, and it is one of the most popular 10 universities among the top 100 enterprises in China. By 2022, Central South University ranked 23rd in China University of Soft Science in 2022.