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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
Traditional Chinese中南大學
Simplified Chinese中南大学
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngnán dàxué

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]

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

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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 148
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 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.[citation needed]

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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