Central South University (CSU) located in Changsha, a historic and cultural city in Hunan province, central south of People's Republic of China. CSU was established in April 2000 on the basis of the amalgamation of the three former individual universities, namely Central South University of Mining and Technology (founded in 1952), Hunan Medical University (founded in 1914 as Hsiang-ya Medical College; currently named Xiangya School of Medicine) and Changsha Railway University (founded in 1953).
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1 Introduction
2 Faculties and Students
Introduction[edit]
CSU is a comprehensive research university under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. CSU is among the first tier universities in China and also a member of the Project 211 and the Project 985 with strength in science engineering and medical science. According to the newest data in Chinese University Ranking, CSU ranks 16th out of 2000 universities in China.
CSU has 31 Colleges and institutes:
College of Literature and Journalism
School of Foreign Languages
School of Architecture and Art
Business School
Law School
School of Marxism
School of Mathematics and Statistics
School of Physics and Electronics
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
School of Energy Science and Engineering
School of Material Science and Engineering
Powder Metallurgy Research Institute
School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering
School of Civil Engineering
School of Metallurgy and Environment
School of Geoscience and Environmental Engineering
School of Info-physics and Geomatics Engineering
School of Resources and Safety Engineering
School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering
School of Information Science and Engineering
Software School
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Xiang Ya Nursing School
School of Public Health
School of Basic Medical Sciences
School of Stomatology
School of Life Sciences
Research Department of Physical Education
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Aier School of Ophthalmology
The three national key laboratories:
State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy of China
State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China
State Key Laboratory of High Performance Complex Manufacturing of China
The six campus:
Main campus,lays dormitory and teaching building for junior undergraduates and postgraduates of most engineering schools of which office building locate there too.There is also two national key laboratories
South campus,lays dormitory for all freshman,and postgraduates of all humanities schools of which office building locates there too
New campus,teaching building for all freshman and all humanities,social,scientific postgraduates,are locate here.The library and office building of scientific and social schools also locates here
Old Hsiangya,lays dormitory and teaching building for medical postgraduates,with Xiangya Hospital and State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China
Railway campus,lays dormitory and teaching building for junior undergraduates and postgraduates of civil engineering,traffic engineering,software engineering,and architecture.their school office building also locates here,with a library of civil and transportation
New Hsiangya,lays dormitory and teaching building for medical undergraduates,with Third Xiangya Hospital and medical library
Faculties and Students[edit]
More than 33,000 full-time undergraduates and 12,000 graduate students attend Central South University. Of the total number attending CSU, approximately 1,000 are foreign students from around the world. The faculty-student ratio is about 1:8. Among its faculty members, there are 3 academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 14 academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). Wang Dianzuo is an academician of both CAS and CAE. There are also 2 deceased academicians. Here are the names of them:
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