Central South University

Central South University (CSU; 中南大学) is a public university in Changsha, Hunan, China. The university is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. It is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.^[4]

Central South University

中南大学
Motto	知行合一，经世致用
Motto in English	Create Knowledge and Serve Society
Type	Public
Established	29 April 2000; 24 years ago (2000)
President	Jiancheng Li^[1]
CCP Committee Secretary	Yi Hong^[2]
Academic staff	18,000 (January 2020)^[3]
Students	58,000 (January 2020)^[3]
Undergraduates	34,000 (January 2020)^[3]
Postgraduates	22,000 (January 2020)^[3]
Location	Changsha, Hunan , China 28°10′23″N 112°55′30″E / 28.173°N 112.925°E / 28.173; 112.925
Campus	Urban, 381 ha
Colors	Blue
Website	www.csu.edu.cn
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	中南大學
Simplified Chinese	中南大学
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngnán dàxué

In April 2000, then Hunan Medical University (湖南医科大学), then Changsha Railway College (长沙铁道学院), and then Central South Industrial University (中南工业大学) merged to establish Central South University.^[5]

History

CSU was established by approval of the State Council on 29 April 2000 by merging three separate universities: Hunan Medical University (HMU), Changsha Railway University (CRU) and Central South University of Technology (CSUT).^[5][6]

• HMU, formerly under the administration of the Ministry of Health, dates back to 1914 when Xiangya Medical College was founded through the joint efforts of Hunan Yuqun Society and the Yale-China Association.^[7][8] Founded by Dr. Edward Hicks Hume and Yan Fuqing.^[9] Hunan Yukun Society was named "Xiangya" after the abbreviation of Hunan "Xiang", and the Yale pronunciation of "ya".^[10]
• CRU, one of the universities under the administration of the Ministry of Railways, initially restructured in 1953 as Central South College of Civil Engineering and Architecture. It was established in 1960 based on its predecessor's teaching and research divisions.^[11]
• CSUT, one of universities under the administration of the Ministry of Education, was originally named Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in 1952 when a nationwide restructuring of institutes of higher education began.^[12] It incorporated departments of mining and metallurgy from six universities including Wuhan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangxi University, Hunan University, Nanchang University and Beijing Institute of Technology.^[13]

Academics

University rankings

BCUR National^[14]	Domestic	25
Wu Shulian National^[15]	Domestic	13
CUAA National^[16]	Alumni	27
QS National^[17]	General	24
QS Asia (Asia version)^[18]	General	148
ARWU World^[19]	Research	95
QS World^[20]	General	=452
USNWR World^[21]	General	=209

Central South University (CSU) is a national key university under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of China and a member of the Double First Class University Plan, former nationally prestigious Project 211 and Project 985.^[25] CSU covers an area of 392.4 hectares with campuses located across the Xiang River at the base of the Yuelu Hill close to its neighbor Hunan University.^[26]

CSU offers 83 bachelor's degrees, 282 master's degrees and 142 doctorate degrees from 31 colleges and institutes and a graduate school:

 

Xiangya Medical School

 

Railway Campus

 

Peace Plaza

• Literature and Journalism^[27]
• Foreign Languages^[28]
• Architecture and Art^[29]
• Business School^[30]
• Law School^[31]
• Marxism^[32]
• Public Administration^[33]
• Mathematics and Statistics^[34]
• Physics and Electronics^[35]
• Chemistry and Chemical Engineering^[36]
• Mechanical and Electrical Engineering^[37]
• Energy Science and Engineering^[38]
• Material Science and Engineering^[39]
• Powder Metallurgy Research Institute^[40]
• Traffic and Transportation Engineering^[41]
• Civil Engineering^[42]
• Metallurgy and Environment^[43]
• Geoscience and Environmental Engineering^[44]
• Info-physics and Geomatics Engineering
• Resources and Safety Engineering^[45]
• Minerals Processing and Bioengineering^[46]
• Information Science and Engineering
• Xiang-ya School of Medicine^[47]
• Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Public Health
• Basic Medical Sciences
• Stomatology
• School of Life Sciences
• Research Department of Physical Education
• School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Aier School of Ophthalmology

Faculties and students

More than 33,000 full-time undergraduates and 12,000 graduate students attend Central South University. Of the total number attending CSU approximately 1,000 are foreign students. The faculty-student ratio is about 1:8.

Facilities

 

Xiangya Hospital [zh], Central South University

CSU covers an area of 3,810,000 square meters and has the total floor space of 2,330,000 square meters. The library of CSU have a collection of more than 4,390,000 volumes.

CSU has six campuses:

• Main campus: dormitories and academic buildings for junior undergraduates and postgraduates of most engineering schools, two state key laboratories, as well as office buildings.^[48]
• South campus: dormitories for all freshman and postgraduates of all humanities schools, as well as office buildings.
• New campus: academic buildings for all freshman and all humanities and science postgraduates, as well as office and library buildings.
• Xiangya School of Medicine (New campus): dormitories and academic buildings for medical postgraduates, with Xiangya Hospital and the State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China.^[49]
• Xiangya School of Medicine (Old campus): dormitories and academic buildings for medical undergraduates, with Third Xiangya Hospital and medical library.
• Railway campus: dormitories and academic buildings for junior undergraduates and postgraduates of civil engineering, traffic engineering, software engineering, and architecture, as well as office and library buildings.^[50]

Notable alumni

Academics

• Tang Feifan, medical microbiologist, best known for culturing the Chlamydia trachomatis agent in the yolk sacs of eggs, one of the earliest academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences.^[51]
• Zhang Xiaoqian, gastroenterologist, is considered the founder of gastroenterology in China. He served as President of Hsiang-Ya Medical College and Vice President of Peking Union Medical College, and was a founding member of both Academia Sinica and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Huang Boyun, powder metallurgist, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, former President of the Central South University.
• Jin Zhanpeng, materials scientist, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Wang Dianzuo, mineral engineering scientist, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Engineering, former President of Central South University of Technology (now merged into the Central South university).
• Chen Zhiwu, professor of Finance at Yale School of Management and an influential public intellectual in China.

Politics and Public Service

• Guo Shengkun, member of Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, Central Secretariat secretary, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party.^[52]
• Lu Zhangong, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, former Communist Party Secretary of Fujian and Henan provinces.
• Zhao Lijian, Deputy Director of Foreign Ministry Information Department of the People's Republic of China, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson of the People's Republic of China.

Business and entrepreneurship

• Li Zexiang, Founder and CEO of DJI.^[53][54]
• Wang Chuanfu, Founder and CEO of BYD.^[55]
• Liang Wengen, Founder and Chairman of Sany Group.^[56][57]

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