Changsha University of Science and Technology

Changsha University of Science and Technology (CSUST) was established in 2003 through the merger of the former Changsha Institute of Transportation and Changsha Institute of Electric Power, both of which were founded in 1956. As a multi-disciplinary university, CSUST prioritizes engineering while promoting coordinated development in fields such as science, management, economics, law, philosophy, and arts. The university is committed to high-quality undergraduate education, with 43 national first-class undergraduate programs under construction, accounting for 50% of its 86 undergraduate programs. CSUST also offers three Sino-foreign undergraduate cooperative education programs in civil engineering, electrical engineering and automation, and mechanical design and manufacturing and automation, granted by the Ministry of Education. Additionally, the university hosts five post-doctoral research stations, eight primary-discipline doctoral programs, 29 primary-discipline master's programs, and 18 professional master's programs. Accredited to enroll international students under China Government Scholarship Programs, CSUST boasts a total enrollment of about 45,000 students. CSUST is recognized as one of the universities in the Central and Western China Basic Capability Building Project. It was selected as one of the first batch of national top 50 pilot schools for the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan." Currently, it is implementing the "Innovative Experiment Plan for College Students" project by the Ministry of Education and the "Domestic First-class University Construction" initiative of Hunan Province. CSUST is renowned in industries such as transportation, electric power, hydraulic engineering, and light industry. Six of its disciplines, including engineering, materials science, chemistry, computer science, and mathematics, rank in the top 1% globally by ESI. The university has established exchanges and cooperation with over 90 universities and research institutions in more than 20 countries and regions. To date, CSUST has cultivated over 400,000 senior talents, with the job quality and employment rate of graduates consistently at the forefront of the province's universities. CSUST operates two campuses, Yuntang Campus and Jinpenling Campus, and comprises 22 teaching colleges and one continuing education college. The university hosts two national engineering laboratories, two key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, and numerous provincial key laboratories. It also includes six national engineering practice education centers, two national demonstration experiment teaching centers, two national virtual simulation experiment teaching centers, one national off-campus practice education base for college students, 11 provincial demonstration experiment (practice) teaching centers, and four provincial virtual simulation experiment teaching centers. Furthermore, CSUST has established three Confucius Institutes in collaboration with the University of Montenegro, the University of Liberia, and the University of Sabah in Malaysia. CSUST is dedicated to cultivating virtuous and creative students with knowledge and capability. In its pursuit of building a high-level university with distinctive characteristics, CSUST implements strategies focused on teaching quality improvement, talent training, and discipline construction under guided leadership.