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Central South University

Coordinates: 28°10′23″N 112°55′30″E / 28.173°N 112.925°E / 28.173; 112.925
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Central South University
中南大学
Motto知行合一，经世致用
Motto in English
Create Knowledge and Serve Society
TypePublic
Established29 April 2000; 24 years ago (2000)
PresidentJiancheng Li[1]
CCP Committee SecretaryYi Hong[2]
Academic staff
18,000 (January 2020)[3]
Students58,000 (January 2020)[3]
Undergraduates34,000 (January 2020)[3]
Postgraduates22,000 (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
CampusUrban, 381 ha
ColorsBlue    
Websitewww.csu.edu.cn Edit this at Wikidata
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese中南大学
Traditional Chinese中南大學
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngnán dàxué
IPA[ʈʂʊ́ŋ.nǎn tâ.ɕɥě]

Central South University (CSU; 中南大学) is a public university in Changsha, Hunan, China. Funded and overseen by China's Ministry of Education, it is a member of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction initiatives.[4]

History

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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]

Academics

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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 =168
ARWU World[19] Research 94
QS World[20] General =431
USNWR World[21] General 168

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

Facilities

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Xiangya Hospital [zh], Central South University

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

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Academics

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Politics and Public Service

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Business and entrepreneurship

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