About HNUST
Hunan University of Science & Technology (HNUST), co-constructed by the State
Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and People’s Government
of Hunan Province, is a comprehensive and key provincial university with multidisciplines and
distinctive characteristics. It is honored as an “Outstanding College” of the undergraduate teaching
evaluation by the Ministry of Education; a college among the “Excellent Engineer Training Program”
by the Ministry of Education. Furthermore, it is among the first “Top 50 Universities for Innovation
and Entrepreneurship” and one of the “Top 50 Universities for Graduates Employment”.
HNUST, which evolves from Northern Hunan Construction College founded in 1949, is
established on November, 2003 by merging two separate universities: Xiangtan Polytechnic
University and Xiangtan Normal University. It has been accredited by the Ministry of Education and
People’s Government of Hunan Province. Located in Xiangtan, HNUST covers an area of 3,107 mu
(207.2 hectares) with floor space amounting to 974,300 m².
As a complex of 19 schools, a graduate school, an independent college, a college for adult
education and an international education college, HNUST offers 90 undergraduate programs in
eleven genres of disciplines—philosophy, economics, law, education, history, science, engineering,
agriculture, management, literature and arts, 188 graduate programs, and 24 doctoral programs.
HNUST has a teaching faculty of around 1,700 out of over 3,500 employees, 355 of whom are
full professors and 800 are doctorate holders. As of now, HNUST enjoys a nationwide enrollment of
over 35,000 full-time students, along with a burgeoning community of international students.
Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and People’s Government
of Hunan Province, is a comprehensive and key provincial university with multidisciplines and
distinctive characteristics. It is honored as an “Outstanding College” of the undergraduate teaching
evaluation by the Ministry of Education; a college among the “Excellent Engineer Training Program”
by the Ministry of Education. Furthermore, it is among the first “Top 50 Universities for Innovation
and Entrepreneurship” and one of the “Top 50 Universities for Graduates Employment”.
HNUST, which evolves from Northern Hunan Construction College founded in 1949, is
established on November, 2003 by merging two separate universities: Xiangtan Polytechnic
University and Xiangtan Normal University. It has been accredited by the Ministry of Education and
People’s Government of Hunan Province. Located in Xiangtan, HNUST covers an area of 3,107 mu
(207.2 hectares) with floor space amounting to 974,300 m².
As a complex of 19 schools, a graduate school, an independent college, a college for adult
education and an international education college, HNUST offers 90 undergraduate programs in
eleven genres of disciplines—philosophy, economics, law, education, history, science, engineering,
agriculture, management, literature and arts, 188 graduate programs, and 24 doctoral programs.
HNUST has a teaching faculty of around 1,700 out of over 3,500 employees, 355 of whom are
full professors and 800 are doctorate holders. As of now, HNUST enjoys a nationwide enrollment of
over 35,000 full-time students, along with a burgeoning community of international students.