Central
South University
(CSU) is a comprehensive
and national
key university
under the direct
administration
of the Ministry
of Education
in China. CSU
was established
in April, 2000
on the basis
of the amalgamation
of the three
former individual
universities,
namely Central
South University
of Technology,
Hunan Medical
University and
Changsha Railway
University.
CSU is situated
in Changsha,
Hunan. Prof.
Li Jian is secretary
of the Communist
Party of China's
CSU Committee,
and Prof.Huang
Boyun, an academician
of Chinese Academy
of Engineering,
is president
of CSU.
The
fields of study
at CSU cover
10 branches
of learning,
namely engineering,
science, medicine,
management,
literature,
law, economics,
philosophy,
education and
history. The
university now
offers 75 undergraduate
programs, 242
master's programs
and 102 doctoral
programs. It
has 22 postdoctoral
exchange centers,
17 national
key disciplines,
4 national key
laboratories,
7 national or
ministry-level
key training
or research
centers and
5 national talent
training bases
and research
bases. Among
its faculty
members, there
are 3 academicians
of Chinese Academy
of Sciences,
12 academicians
of Chinese Academy
of Engineering,
574 doctoral
supervisors,
more than 898
full professors
and more than
1985 associate
professors.
At present,
the total number
of full-time
students at
CSU has reached
more than 50,000,
including more
than 15,700
graduates working
for master's
and doctoral
degrees, more
than 33,000
undergraduates,
more than 408
overseas students
and about 12,000
students taking
courses in degree
and non-degree
programs of
adult education.
CSU
is among the
32 universities
first acceded
to the "211
Project". CSU
covers an area
of 3,810,000
square meters
and has a total
floor space
of 2,330,000
square meters.It
also uses advanced
teaching and
research equipment
with a total
value of 620
million yuan
(RMB). The university
libraries have
a collection
of 4,390,000
volumes. Information
digitalization
and automatic
management are
applied in these
libraries. The
university has
3 top affiliated
hospitals which
enjoy good reputation.
CSU is now struggling
for the goal
of constructing
of a high-level,
research oriented
comprehensive
university well-known
both at home
and abroad.