University of South China
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南华大学 | |||||||
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| Type | Public | ||||||
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| Established | 2000 | ||||||
| President | Zhang Zhuohua (张灼华) | ||||||
Academic staff | 1,874 (November 2019)[1] | ||||||
| Students | 35,000 (November 2019)[1] | ||||||
| Postgraduates | 4,000 (November 2019)[1] | ||||||
| Location | , , China 26°54′17″N 112°35′44″E / 26.9046°N 112.5955°E | ||||||
| Campus | Urban, 200 ha (490 acres) | ||||||
| Website | english | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 南華大學 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 南华大学 | ||||||
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The University of South China (Chinese: 南华大学; pinyin: Nánhuá Dàxué) is a university in city Hengyang, Hunan, China.[2]
The Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the university 198th in China.[3]
History
It was formed in 2000 by the merger of Central South Institute of Technology (est. 1959) and Hengyang Medical College (est. 1958). The University of South China, with a nationwide enrolment, is administered by the Hunan Provincial Government, and co-funded by the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND) and a few other ministries of the central government.[2]
In October 2002, University of South China incorporated the Sixth Institute of National Nuclear Industry as its subordinating part and took over No. 415 Hospital (originally under the Corporation of National Nuclear Industry) as one of its affiliated hospitals. In July 2004, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy set up a training base for its reservist officers in University of South China. The University of South China was initially authorized to award bachelor's degrees, and in 1986 began awarding master's degrees. In 1991, it began to collaborate with other universities and research institutes in doctoral programs, and was authorized to award doctoral degrees in 2003.
The university has 72 undergraduate majors, covering as many as 8 disciplinary areas (science, engineering, medicine, law, liberal arts, economics, management, and education).[4] There are 6 provincial key disciplines, 5 disciplines administrated by the Chinese government, and 1 key discipline of national defense. 18 Programs are entitled to award Ph.D. degree, 124 MA or M.S. degrees, and 35 professional degrees. The mining engineering, nuclear technology and its application, pathology and pathological physiology, and pharmacology are Hunan provincial key construction disciplines. There are 2 ministerial key laboratories, i.e. the dissolution and mineral laboratory, the coordinating laboratory of the International Radon Calculation Program of IAEA in Asia, 1 provincial key laboratory, i.e. the radon laboratory. Nuclear science, medical science and environment-related sciences are the three pillar stones of the university.
International Collaboration
The university began its international student education in 2011, and as of 2021, there were around 600 international students, most of them majoring in basic medicine, clinical medicine, nuclear science and technology, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, software engineering, business management, international economy and trade, and Chinese language.[5][6]
Rankings and reputation
As of 2021, University of South China was ranked 651st in the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings.[7] The Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the university 198th in China.[3] University of South China was ranked 230th in China, 617th in Asia and 1696th globally by the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking, with its Clinical Medicine subjects ranked at 925th globally.[8] The university ranked 1330th in the world out of nearly 20,000 universities worldwide and 199th in China by the Center for World University Rankings 2022/23.[9]
University of South China was ranked 401th in Asia, 401th globally among young universities and 1001th in the world among all universities according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[10] It was ranked 1001+ globally in "Engineering and Technology", 1001+ in "Physical Science", 601+ in "Life Science", and 601+ in "Clinical, pre-clinical and Health" by the Times Higher Education Rankings by Subjects.[10]
References
- ^ a b c 学校简介. University of South China (in Chinese). 1 November 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ a b "History of USC-UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA". english.usc.edu.cn. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ^ a b "ShanghaiRanking-Univiersities". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ "Colleges and Departments-UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA". english.usc.edu.cn. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ^ "International Student Recruitment (2021-2022)-UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA". english.usc.edu.cn. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ^ "Programs for Int'l students-UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA". english.usc.edu.cn. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ^ "University of South China Ranking". www.scimagoir.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ^ "2022 US News Best Global Universities Ranking University of South China". US News and World Report. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "University of South China Ranking 2022-2023 | CWUR". cwur.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ a b "University of South China". Times Higher Education (THE). 2021-11-13. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
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