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Hunan University (HNU; Template:Zh) is a national public university in Yuelu, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":2" /> It is also a member in the BRICS Universities League.<ref name=":11" />

HistoryEdit

Template:See also Yuelu Academy was founded in the year 976, during the Song dynasty, as a Confucian shuyuan.<ref name=":1" />

In 1903, during the final years of the Qing dynasty, the Hunan Institute of Higher Education was established.<ref name=":1" />

In 1926, the name of the institution was then changed to Hunan Normal College, and then Hunan Public Polytechnic School, before finally arriving at the name Hunan University.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1937, the academy was transformed from a provincial university into a national university, renamed the National Hunan University, and designated by the Ministry of education, becoming the fifteenth national university.<ref name=":9">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

From April 1938 to May 1941, the National Hunan University suffered serious losses and, made it difficult to run the school. During the Battle of Changsha, the National Hunan University was suspended.<ref name=":9" />

In 1949, the name Hunan University was again adopted, and the calligraphy of "Hunan University" was written by Mao Zedong in 1950 as soon as the People's Republic of China was founded.<ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1959, Hunan University was officially restored after the national readjustment of higher education institutions.<ref name=":02">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1963, HNU was subordinated to the First Ministry of Machinery Industry.<ref name=":3" />

In 1978, Hunan University's status as one of the 88 National Key Universities in China was reaffirmed.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":4" />

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The entrance to Yuelu Academy

In 1996, Hunan University became one of the universities sponsored by Project 211.<ref name=":6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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In 2000, Hunan University was selected as a member of Project 985.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In November 2010, the National Supercomputing Changsha Center was built on the Hunan University campus under the management and operation of Hunan University.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is the first National Supercomputing Center in Central China and the third of its kind apart from other two national centers situated in Tianjin and Shenzhen.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2011, HNU participated in the Excellence League, an alliance of 10 Chinese universities with a strong background in engineering.<ref name=":03">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2015, HNU joined the BRICS Universities League, a consortium of leading research universities from BRICS countries.<ref name=":11">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web

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The Administration Building of Hunan University was designed by Liu Shiying (Chinese architect), the founder of modern architectural education in China.

In 2017, Hunan University was listed in the Double First-Class Construction.<ref name="people.cn">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Chinese Department of Education">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Academics and administrationEdit

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Hunan University Library

Hunan University is a national key university under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of China and a member of Project 211 and Project 985, as well as the Double First Class University Plan.<ref name=":4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web

}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> The administration is led by a CPC secretary and a president. The current secretary is Deng Wei, and the president is Duan Xianzhong.

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Central Teaching Building, at the south rim of the Central Quad, one of the major liberal arts teaching buildings
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Hunan University Stadium

It has the following colleges and departments:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • Architecture
  • Biology
  • Business Administration
  • Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • Chinese Language and Literature
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
  • Design
  • Economy and Trade
  • Educational Science
  • Electrical and Information Engineering
  • Robotics
  • Environmental Science and Engineering
  • Finance and Statistics
  • Foreign Languages and International Studies
  • Journalism and Communication and Film and Television Arts
  • Law
  • Marxism Studies
  • Mathematics and Econometrics
  • Materials and Engineering
  • Mechanical Vehicle Engineering
  • Physical Education
  • Public Administration
  • Physics and Microelectronics Science
  • Yuelu Academy
  • Semiconductors (Integrated Circuits)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Interdisciplinary Institute of Life Medicine<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Students and AcademicsEdit

There are more than 30,000 full-time students, including more than 20,800 undergraduates and more than 14,000 graduate students.<ref name="学校简介">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hunan University has started to recruit international students since 1990s and is one of the Project 985 universities in China to launch an international student program taught entirely in English.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rankings and reputationEdit

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As of 2024, Hunan University is ranked in the top 200 research universities in the world by several global university rankings such as the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking and the CWTS Leiden Ranking.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="US News">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hunan University was ranked 259th worldwide in 2024 in terms of aggregate performance by the three widely observed university ranking (THE+ARWU+QS) as reported by the Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

General RankingsEdit

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Research RankingsEdit

  • Hunan University ranked 14th worldwide in the 2016 Nature Index Rising Stars.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2018, Hunan University was elected among 16 universities in the world by Nature, called "Movers and Shakers".<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In the 2024 Nature Index Research Leaders, which measures the largest groups of papers published in 145 leading high-quality science journals,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hunan University ranked 45th among the leading academic institutions globally and 24th in the Asia-Pacific region.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • Hunan University was ranked 105th globally by the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024 based on the number of their scientific publications in the period 2019–2022.<ref name=":0" /> For the proportion of their scientific publications that rank among the top 10% and 50% in their fields by citations in the 2024 CWTS Leiden Ranking Open Edition, Hunan University ranks 7th globally (1st in Eurasia) and 1st in the world, respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • In 2020, a research paper by Loet Leydesdorff, a famous scientometrician, employs data from 205 China's leading research-intensive universities, including in the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2020, to classify them into three main groups: Top, Middle, and Bottom. Hunan University (with a Z-score of 10.2) ranks 2nd only to Tsinghua University (z=11.0), which leads the "High Group of 32 Universities".<ref>Template:Cite arXiv</ref>
  • In 2022, 32 HNU faculty members were included in Clarivate's list of Highly Cited Researchers, placing HNU at No. 33 globally and third in China, behind only the Chinese Academy of Science and Tsinghua University.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Subject RankingsEdit

  • Hunan University has been ranked in the top 30th global universities in "engineering" by several international rankings, including U.S. News Rankings, URAP ranking, and NTU Ranking.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Notable alumniEdit

Among its prominent alumni are

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  • Guo Songtao, China's first ambassador to a foreign country
  • Wang Fuzhi, a celebrated philosopher in Chinese history
  • Wei Yuan, a reformist who first advocated to learn from the West
  • Xiong Xiaoge, the first person to introduce high-tech venture funds into China
  • Zeng Guofan, the first Chinese to initiate the Modernization Movement (at the time called Yangwu Yundong, a movement to imitate overseas technology and industry) and to make arrangements for a modern factory in China
  • Zhang Fengxuan, the first Chinese to set foot on the continent of Antarctica<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Zuo Zongtang, a national hero who arranged to build China's first modern navy and took great pains to defend and develop Xinjiang

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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