Xiangtan Institute of Technology

The Xiangtan Institute of Technology is a private non-profit college located in the Jiuhua Economic & Development Zone of Xiangtan, Hunan, China. it is notable for being the first undergraduate university in Hunan Province to transition from a affiliated collage to a private university with the approval of the Ministry [of Education |Ministry of Education].
The college offers seven disciplines: science, engineering, economics, management, law, literature, and art, constituting a total of 38 undergraduate majors in total.

History

Originally the Beijin College of Hunan [University of Technology and Business], the college was founded on the banks of the Xiangjiang River in 2001 as a joint effort by Hunan University and the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Corporation. The college was located within the site of the Han–era Beijin City, west of Changsha.
in June 2020, the university was approved by the Ministry of Education to become an independent, nonprofit private university under the new name Xiangtan Institute of Technology.

Academics

Xiangtan Institute of Technology consists of the School of Humanities and Arts, School of Business, School of Chinese Languages, School of Digital Technology, School of Automotive Engineering, School of Marxism, Ministry of Public Sports, and Tanzhou College
As part of its partnership with the Geely group, Xiangtan Institute of Technology hosts a joint Postdoctoral Research Workstation under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, allowing postdoctoral researchers and students at the university to collaborate directly with the company.