Shaoyang University
Shaoyang University is a provincial public college in Shaoyang, Hunan, China. The college is granted Types of [universities and colleges in China#By institutional status|university status]. The college is under the Hunan Provincial Department of Education.
History
Shaoyang University was formed in 1958.Academics
- Department of Economic Administration
- Department of Politic and Low
- Department of Physical
- Department of Chinese Language and Literature
- Department of Foreign Languages
- Department of Music
- Department of Artistic Designing
- Department of Science and Information Science
- Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering
- Department of Architecture and Urban Planning
- Department of Machinery and Energy Engineering
- Department of Electric Engineering
- Department of Information Engineering
- Department of Accounting
Library collections
Shaoyang University's total collection reaches to more than 1.51 million items.Culture
- Motto: 明德求真，共生超越
People
Notable faculty
- Li Guojie, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
- Jiang Dawei, honorary professor.
- Justin Hill, English author, taught here from 1998-9 and 2005-6, when he received the 2005 Xiaoxiang Friendship Award from the Governor of Hunan. His prize-winning novel, The Drink and Dream Teahouse, was set in Shaoyang.