List of presidents of Hunan University
The president of Hunan University is the highest academic official of Hunan University. The president is the chief executive, appointed by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.
The university's current president is Zhao Yueyu, formerly Dean of the Graduate School of Hunan University.
Presidents of Hunan University
| Period | Year | President | President | Alma mater | Ref |
| Hunan Higher Normal School | 1912–1914 | Feng Gaozhu | |||
| Hunan Higher Normal School | 1914–1915 | Fu Dingyi | Peking University | ||
| Hunan Higher Normal School | 1915–1916 | Wu Jiarui | |||
| Hunan Higher Normal School | 1916–1917 | Liu Zongxiang | Peking University | ||
| Hunan Public Polytechnic School | 1913–1923 | Bin Bucheng | Technische Universität Berlin | ||
| Hunan Public Polytechnic School | 1923–1926 | Yang Maojie | |||
| Hunan Provincial University | February 2016–July 1926 | Li Daichen | University of Tokyo Harvard University | ||
| Hunan Provincial University | August 1926–June 1927 | Lei Zhuhuan | |||
| Hunan Provincial University | June 1927–July 1929 | Ren Kainan | University of London Waseda University | ||
| Hunan Provincial University | July 1929–August 1930 | Hu Yuantan | Hongwen Academy | ||
| Hunan Provincial University | August 1930–March 1931 | Yang Zhuoxin | Harvard University University of Wisconsin University of Illinois Syracuse University | ||
| Hunan Provincial University | March 1931–October 1932 | Cao Dianqiu | |||
| Hunan Provincial University | October 1932–December 1935 | Hu Shuhua | Peking University | ||
| Hunan Provincial University | December 1935–July 1937 | Huang Shiheng | Aiawa University Columbia University | ||
| National Hunan University | July 1937–September 1940 | Pi Zongshi | University of Tokyo | ||
| National Hunan University | September 1940–August 1943 | Hu Shuhua | Peking University | ||
| National Hunan University | August 1943–February 1945 | Li Yuyao | |||
| National Hunan University | February 1945–June 1949 | Hu Shuhua | Peking University | ||
| Hunan University | July 1949–December 1949 | Yi Dingxin | University of Maine Lehigh University | - | |
| Hunan University | December 1949–January 1953 | Li Da | Beijing Normal University University of Tokyo | ||
| Hunan University | February 1953–July 1953 | Zhu Fan | Shanghai University of Arts | ||
| Hunan Institute of Technology | May 1953–June 1958 | Liu Shiying | Tokyo Institute of Technology | ||
| Hunan University | July 1959–September 1968 | Zhu Fan | Shanghai University of Arts | ||
| Hunan University | July 1978–March 1981 | Zhang Jian | |||
| Hunan University | March 1981–June 1982 | Zhu Fan | Shanghai University of Arts | ||
| Hunan University | June 1982–December 1987 | Cheng Wenshan | Wuhan University | ||
| Hunan University | December 1987–July 1993 | Weng Zuze | Harbin Institute of Technology | ||
| Hunan University | July 1993–May 1999 | Yu Ruqin | Saint Petersburg State University | ||
| Hunan University | May 1999–April 2003 | Wang Kemin | Hunan University ETH Zurich | ||
| Hunan University | April 2003–July 2005 | Gu Shiwen | Beijing Jiaotong University | ||
| Hunan University | July 2005–September 2011 | Zhong Zhihua | Hunan University | ||
| Hunan University | September 2011–January 2016 | Zhao Yueyu | Xiangtan University Beijing Institute of Technology | ||
| Hunan University | January 2016–present | Duan Xianzhong | Huazhong University of Science and Technology |