Hunan University of Technology


Hunan University of Technology is a university located in Zhuzhou, Hunan, China. As of April 2014, the university has five campuses, 37,907 students including 1,276 graduate students, and 1,793 faculty members. The university consists of 19 schools, with 60 undergraduate programs and 11 master's degree programs.

History

HUT was founded in 1979 with the name of Zhuzhou Primary University and then Zhuzhou University. Zhuzhou University changed its name to Zhuzhou Institute of Technology in 1989. In 2006, ZIT changed its name as Hunan University of Technology with the approval of the Ministry of Education of China. In the same year, Hunan Metallurgy College and Zhuzhou Normal College merged into the University.

Academics

Rankings

HUT is the only university characterized with the higher education of packaging engineering in China. It is a member of the International Association of Packaging Research Institutes.
As of 2022, the Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the university 269th in China. Hunan University of Technology was ranked in the top 901 globally of the 2022 ''Academic Ranking of World Universities.''

Culture

  • Motto: 厚德博学、和而不同 Loftiness in the morality Richness in the knowledge Difference in the harmony

International education

HUT has cooperation and provides exchange programs with universities in USA, UK, and Australia.

Notable alumni