Hunan Normal University

Hunan Normal University was founded in 1938 in the historic and cultural city of Changsha. It is a national “211 Project” priority development university, a national “Double First-Class” university, and a “Double First-Class” university jointly receiving priority development from the Ministry of Education and Hunan Province. It covers over 3000 mu.

The university has nearly 3600 faculty and staff, including over 2300 full-time teachers. Among them are 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 4 of the European Academy of Sciences, 3 members of the State Council’s disciplinary appraisal groups and 1 member of the Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. It has over 40000 students, including over 14000 postgraduate students and nearly 1000 long-term and short-term international students.

It has 24 schools and 87 undergraduate programs currently admitting students. Undergraduate and postgraduate education covers 12 disciplinary categories: philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, medicine, management, arts and interdisciplinary studies. It has 6 national key disciplines: ethics, English language and literature, modern and contemporary Chinese history, developmental biology, theoretical physics and fundamental mathematics. Foreign languages and literature has been selected for national “World-Class Discipline Development.” Eleven disciplines, including chemistry, clinical medicine and materials science, rank in the global ESI top 1%. [Note: chemistry, clinical medicine, materials science, engineering, plant and animal science, environment and ecology, physics, biology and biochemistry, mathematics, general social sciences, and computer science.] Philosophy and biology have been selected as Hunan “World-Class Disciplines under Cultivation.” It has 21 first-level doctoral degree authorizations, 7 professional doctoral degree categories, 34 first-level master’s degree authorizations, 32 professional master’s degree categories and 20 postdoctoral research stations.

The university has established cooperation and exchange relationships with 207 universities and institutions in 54 countries and regions, involving personnel exchanges and teaching and research cooperation. It has jointly established 2 Confucius Institutes with 2 universities in Russia and South Korea. [Note: Kazan Federal University and Wonkwang University.] It operates 6 Sino-foreign cooperative education programs with 6 universities in the United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Macao and other countries or regions. [Note: University of Delaware (subject teaching), University of Saint Joseph (preschool education), University of Central Lancashire (physical education), Nizhny Novgorod State Glinka Conservatory (music performance), Berlin Media Design School (art and design), and Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau (nursing).]

Since its founding, the university has supplied the country with over 500000 graduates and trained many international students and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Its alumni are found throughout China and overseas.