Hunan University is originated from the Yuelu Academy, which was founded in 976 AD. It is known as the ‘Millenarian Academy, Centennial University’. The University has maintained its traditional culture and famously high standards in education, from 976 AD till now.

Today’s Hunan University is a key comprehensive university, with strong academic links to 160 universities and research institutes across the world. More than 300 experts come to the University every year, along with exceeds 1,000 overseas students from over 90 countries. The University has also helped establish the most overseas Confucius Institutes among universities in Hunan province: Colorado State University, University of Regina and Honam University.

"As the president of Hunan University, I am honoured to say that Hunan University is one of the key universities affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education. We are a member of the state's ‘Project 985’ university group, which has priority access to national research and educational funding due to outstanding academic excellence.

Carrying on the tradition of academic and personal development, we now have a graduate school as well as our 23 colleges, offering programmes across 11 fields: philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management, medicine and art.

Our University is aiming even higher in this open and globalised world, and we are focused on becoming one of China’s top comprehensive, research-oriented universities. We are recruiting highly qualified, motivated faculty members and researchers to join us on this challenging journey, and I look forward to working with you at this exciting time.”