Central South University

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,
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]

  1. ^ "李建成同志任中南大学校长". 中华人民共和国教育部. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. ^ 现任领导 (in Chinese). Central South University. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d 学校概况. Central South University (in Chinese). 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  4. ^ "新一轮"双一流"-湖南简况". www.hunan.gov.cn. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Overview-Central South University". en.csu.edu.cn. Retrieved 25 September 2022.