Hunan University of science and technology Technology) is located in Xiangtan city. It is a University jointly built by the Hunan Provincial People's government, the State Administration of science, technology and industry for national defense, and the former State Administration of work safety. It is supported by the national "basic capacity building project for universities in the central and western regions". It is a "first-class university building university in China" in Hunan Province. It has been selected as a university in the 2011 plan of Hunan Province. It is an "excellent university" in the undergraduate teaching evaluation of the Ministry of education ”Colleges and universities, the Ministry of education's "excellent engineer education and training plan" colleges and universities, the first batch of national innovation and entrepreneurship typical experience colleges and universities, National Graduates' employment typical experience colleges and universities; colleges and universities that have the right to recommend excellent fresh undergraduate graduates to study for graduate students free of examination, "master's plan" promotion and exemption qualification, as well as the right to recruit students from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas students.Hunan University of science and technology was established in 2003 by the merger of Xiangtan Institute of technology and Xiangtan Normal University, the second undergraduate Normal University in Hunan Province. Its school running history can be traced back to the Xiangbei construction college established in 1949. Xiangtan Institute of technology was founded in 1978, formerly known as Xiangtan coal college, which is an undergraduate college under the former Ministry of coal industry. It was renamed Xiangtan Institute of mining in 1981 and Xiangtan Institute of technology in 1997. In 1998, it implemented the system of joint construction by the central and local governments, with Hunan Province as the main management. Xiangtan Normal College was founded in 1958, formerly known as Xiangtan Normal College. In 1985, it was upgraded to undergraduate college and renamed Xiangtan Normal College.As of August 2019, the University covers an area of more than 3000 mu, with a construction area of more than 1.1 million square meters. It has a graduate school, 19 professional colleges and 2 directly affiliated colleges. It has 93 undergraduate majors. Engineering and chemistry have entered the global ESI ranking of 1%. It has 3 post doctoral research stations, 5 first-class disciplines authorized by doctoral degree, 29 first-class disciplines authorized by master's degree, and 15 professional master's degrees There are 2567 teaching staff, including 1608 full-time teachers, 27777 full-time undergraduates and 2907 graduate students.