XiangTan University

INTRODUCTION

Xiangtan University is a national key comprehensive university founded in 1958. It is one of the first universities which were authorized by Ministry of Education to confer master’s degree in China and to enroll international students in Hunan Province. It is located in the cradle of Hu-Xiang Culture, the key makeup of Chinese culture——Xiangtan, an ancient city of Hunan which is a remarkable place producing outstanding people, such as Hu Anguo, Hu Hong, Liu Qi, Zeng Guofan, Mao Zedong, Qi Baishi, Li Jinxi and Huang Gonglue etc., who changed Chinese modern history. The university culture has its own heritage. The Research of Mao Zedong's Ideology and that of Hu-Xiang Culture and excellent persons are specialties of Xiangtan University.

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FEATURES

Accompanied by the frequent communications with foreign countries, international exchanges, joint education programs and cooperative research in science and humanities are growing rapidly. At present, the university has established partner relationships with over 30 universities in more than 20 countries of Asia, Europe, North America and Australia..

XTU has graduate school and 20 colleges and departments. Professional disciplines include literature, history, philosophy, science, engineering, economy, management, law, and arts. Four disciplines–chemistry, materials science, engineering, and mathematics, ranked among the top 1% of the global universities and research institutions on ESI. Seven disciplines have been listed in the ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2018. It has three national key disciplines (numerical mathematics, general mechanics and elements of mechanics, and localization of Marxism in China); four special national defense disciplines; two Hunan provincial superior and characteristic disciplines; 19 Hunan provincial key disciplines; 15 first-level disciplines authorized to confer doctoral degree programs; 31 first-level disciplines authorized to confer master’s degree; 13 professional subjects of master’s degree; and, 11 postdoctoral research centers. XTU has 11 subjects being ranked top 10% in China; 11 national characteristic subjects; one subject as the national comprehensive subject reform pilot; and, six subjects accredited by the China Engineering Education Accreditation Association (CEEAA).

XTU has gained an increasing influence internationally and domestically. It has successively established cooperation platforms and launched 30-plus international cooperation training projects with 60 universities and research institutions from more than 20 countries, including the US, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, Russia, Ukraine, UK, Spain, France, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Uganda, Ghana, Canada, Mexico, and Cuba. XTU set up Confucius institutes in Leon University in Spain and Makerere University in Uganda respectively. XTU was included into the “China-Africa Universities 20+20 Cooperation Plan” by the Ministry of Education of PRC.

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PROGRAM

Starred programs are entitled to admit Chinese Government Scholarship students