Xiangtan University
Xiangtan University is a provincial public university in Xiangtan, Hunan, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Hunan, and co-funded by the Hunan Provincial People's Government, the Ministry [of Education (China)|Ministry of Education of China], and SASTIND. The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction.
History
In 1958, under the proposal of Mao Zedong, Xiangtan University was founded in Xiangtan County of Hunan Province, where Mao Zedong was born and grew up. The university ceased to run by the order of the provincial government in 1959 and ultimately recovered the university operation in 1974.Rankings
General Rankings
As of 2025, the Best [Chinese Universities Ranking], also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the Xiangtan University the best in Xiangtan and 4th in Hunan.As of 2025, the Academic Ranking of World Universities placed Xiangtan University # 701-800th globally.
In 2017, Times Higher Education ranked the university top 800-1000 in the world. Xiangtan University was ranked in the top 1000 universities in the world by a number of international rankings including the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the Times Higher Education, and the Center for [World University Rankings].