1. Xiangtan University, referred to as "Xiangtan University", is a comprehensive national key university personally initiated by Chairman Mao. It is a university jointly built by the People's Government of Hunan Province and the Ministry of Education, a university jointly built by the People's Government of Hunan Province and the National Bureau of Defense Technology and Industry, and a university supported by the Ministry of Education and Hunan Province to build high-level universities and characteristic disciplines Domestic first-class universities in Hunan Province (Class A); It has been selected into the national "111 Plan", the first batch of national applied mathematics centers, the first batch of national intellectual property information service centers for colleges and universities, national new engineering research and practice projects, provincial and ministerial collaborative innovation centers, the first batch of national patent collaborative application pilot units, the outstanding legal talent education and training plan, the national red tourism innovation and development research base The basic capacity building project for colleges and universities in central and western China, the first batch of demonstration colleges and universities to deepen innovation and entrepreneurship education reform in China, the National Innovative Experiment Plan for College Students, the public graduate program for national construction of high-level universities, and institutions receiving Chinese government scholarships for foreign students in China.
2. The university was founded in 1958, and Chairman Mao wrote the name of "Xiangtan University" in his own handwriting on September 10 of the same year. In 1959, it was suspended for some reason. In 1974, the State Council approved the resumption of the university, and positioned it as a comprehensive university of arts, science and engineering. In 1978, the State Council approved it as a comprehensive national key university. In 1981, the university became one of the first batch of authorized units for master's degree in China.
3. According to the official website of the university in September 2020, the university has a graduate school, 23 colleges and teaching departments; There are three national key disciplines; There are 15 post doctoral research mobile stations, 15 first level discipline doctoral programs, 31 first level discipline master programs, and 19 master's degree categories; There are 1502 full-time teachers; There are 37576 full-time students, including 7155 doctoral and postgraduate students.
