It is located in the historic and cultural
city of Yongzhou, Hunan Province.
Yongzhou City is located in the southwest of Hunan Province,and has an area of 224,000 square
meters and a population of 6,100,000. As a transport hub and an important gate
of Hunan Province opening to the outside world, it is accessible to various
large cities through high-speed rail, highways and airlines.
This University is a public full-time undergraduate university approved by the
Ministry of Education and administrated by Hunan Education Department. Founded
in 1941, it is a science & engineering centered multidisciplinary
comprehensive university with local features.
Covering an area of 763,000 square
meters, the campus has a building area of over 450,000 square meters. The
library has a collection of more than 903,000 volumes. The worth of teaching
instruments totals more than 130,000,000 RMB and the fixed assets totals more
than 570,000,000 RMB. Covering verdant trees, Our University is regarded to be an ideal
place for study with picturesque environment.
At present, Our University has a full-time enrollment
of over 14,000 students, plus more than 5000 students of adult-education. It
now has 12 colleges, with 3 provincial disciplines for priority investment and
construction, 40 undergraduate academic programs. There are 1100 faculty and
staff members in our University, among whom 740 are full-time teachers, including 80
professors and 200 associate professors. Among the teachers, 50 are with Ph.D
degrees and 600 with master’s degrees. Our University has won awards and titles of honor
such as “Outstanding Universities in China for Teaching Achievement
Awards” for five times.