Hunan University is located in Changsha, a famous historical and cultural city in China. It faces the rippling Xiangjiang River in front and leans against the beautiful Yuelu Mountain in the back.

The school originated from Yuelu Academy, which was founded in 976 AD. It is the institution of higher learning with the longest history of running a school on the same site in China. After thousands of years of changes, it has kept the continuity of culture and education. It is a vivid microcosm of the development of China's higher education and the world. A rare miracle of higher education. In 1903, it was restructured into Hunan College of Higher Learning. In 1926, it was officially named Hunan University. In 1937, it became one of the 16 national universities in the country. After the founding of New China, Li Da, one of the founders and early leaders of the Communist Party of China, served as the first president, and Mao Zedong inscribed the school name "Hunan University" in his own hand. In 2000, Hunan University and Hunan Institute of Finance and Economics merged to form the new Hunan University. Since the reform and opening up, the school has successively entered the ranks of national key universities, "211 Project", "985 Project" and "world-class universities". On September 17, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the school for investigation and investigation. He spoke highly of the school's talent training and cultural inheritance, and put forward a major scientific conclusion that Yuelu Academy is the source of the party's ideological line of seeking truth from facts.

In the long-term course of running a school, the school has formed an educational tradition of "preaching to the people, patriotism and pragmatism, being practical and inclusive", and has accumulated a school motto of "seeking truth from facts, daring to be the first", and a school spirit of "erudition, prudence, diligence, The spirit of Huda with the core of “to know” has cultivated and nurtured Wang Fuzhi, Tao Shu, Wei Yuan, He Changling, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Guo Songtao, Tan Sitong, Huang Xing, Cai E, Yang Changji, Mao Zedong, He Shuheng, Cai Hesen, Deng Zhongxia, Li Da and others represented a large number of outstanding talents who shine in the annals of history. Among the teachers and students, 39 members of the academic department and academicians of the "two academies" emerged. "Only Chu is talented, and he is prosperous here" has become a vivid portrayal of the school's talents.

There are 27 colleges under the school, and the disciplines cover 11 categories including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management, medicine, and art, forming a solid foundation in science and strong strength in engineering. , Humanities and social sciences have unique characteristics, life medicine disciplines are rising, and emerging interdisciplinary disciplines are active. There are 78 undergraduate majors, 37 first-level disciplines authorized for master's degree, and 30 first-level disciplines authorized for doctoral degree. The disciplines of chemistry, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering have entered the ranks of "world-class disciplines".

The school currently has more than 36,000 full-time students, including more than 21,000 undergraduates and more than 15,000 postgraduates. There are 2 top-notch student training plan 2.0 bases of the Ministry of Education's basic disciplines, 4 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, and the School of Marxism has been selected as a national key Marxism school. In recent years, it has won 3 national teaching achievement awards, 4 first national teaching material construction awards, and was approved as a pilot reform of basic discipline enrollment; 54 national-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites were selected, and 37 national-level first-class undergraduate courses were selected as the first batch; 8 national gold awards in "Internet+", "Challenge Cup" and "Creating Youth" innovation and entrepreneurship competitions. The school attaches great importance to international exchanges and cooperation, has established cooperative relations with more than 130 overseas universities such as Oxford University, Cambridge University, and the University of California, Berkeley, and recruits international students from more than 80 countries and regions.

The school currently has more than 4,300 faculty members, including more than 2,300 full-time teachers, 21 academicians (including dual employment), 75 national-level special talents, 27 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and 37 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund. There are 4 national famous teaching teachers. It has 6 "innovative research groups" projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 11 national teaching teams, and 9 innovation teams from the Ministry of Education and the National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Bureau.

The school has strong scientific research strength and outstanding scientific and technological achievements. It has 6 state key laboratories and 6 national key laboratories (including co-construction), 2 national engineering technology research centers, 1 national engineering research center, 3 national international cooperation bases, national defense key discipline laboratory 1, 13 key laboratories and engineering research centers of the Ministry of Education, 6 academic innovation and intelligence introduction bases for colleges and universities of the Ministry of Education, and 1 key laboratory of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Since the "13th Five-Year Plan", it has won 16 National Science and Technology Awards (leading 11), and 9 Humanities and Social Sciences Awards from the Ministry of Education. The school adheres to the combination of production, education and research, and vigorously promotes the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. It has established a national university science and technology park, and has been approved by the Ministry of Education as the first batch of scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer bases for colleges and universities, and national intellectual property model universities. The National Supercomputing Changsha Center operated and managed by the school is the third national supercomputing center. Tianhe’s new-generation supercomputer system double-precision floating-point peak computing performance reaches 200P Flops. The computing power level is internationally advanced and domestically leading. Nearly 2,000 users including government departments, enterprises and institutions provide services such as high-performance computing, big data and artificial intelligence.

The school campus has a beautiful environment and a strong cultural atmosphere. Located in the core scenic spot of a national 5A-level scenic spot, the campus covers an area of 2.41 million square meters, and the building area of the school building is 1.34 million square meters. The elegant and heavy ancient buildings and the fashionable and cutting-edge new buildings complement each other. Known as "the most poetic and picturesque university in China".

"The foothills are majestic, the Xiangshui is majestic, and the school is established in a grand way, helping the Cangcang; inheriting the ideas of Zhu and Zhang, taking the advantages of Europe and the United States." From ancient academies to modern schools and then to modern universities, Hunan University insists on pursuing excellence and has always been at the forefront of China's higher education. of the first square. At a new historical starting point, Hunan University adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, takes root in the land of China, and strives for first-class goals, in order to build Hunan University into a world-class university with Chinese characteristics rich in historical and cultural heritage as soon as possible, and cultivate more Work hard as the builder and successor of the great task of national rejuvenation.