Central South University (CSU) is situated in Changsha, a famous historical and cultural city in Hunan, China, and covers an area of 3,170,000 m2, with its campuses distributed on the east and west of Xiangjiang River. Backed by the majestic Yuelu Mountain and facing the grand Xiangjiang River, CSU has pleasing scenery and is ideal for study and research. As a top university directly under the Ministry of Education (MOE) of the People's Republic of China, CSU is one of the first universities admitted into “Project 211” (the Chinese government's endeavor aimed at strengthening about 100 institutions of higher education and key disciplinary areas), “Project 985” (the Chinese government's effort to found world-class universities), and “Plan 2011” (the Chinese government's another initiative to improve universities' innovation forces). In September 2017, CSU was enlisted as one of the A-Level "Double First Rate" universities by the State Council. CSU was established in April 2000 by merging the former Hunan Medical University (HMU), the former Changsha Railway University (CRU) and the former Central South University of Technology (CSUT). The predecessor of CSUT was Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy founded in 1952 and that of CRU was Central South College of Civil Engineering and Architecture founded in 1953; their main disciplines originate in Mining & Metallurgy and Civil Engineering, two disciplines of Hunan Industrial College established in 1903. The predecessor of HMU was Xiangya Medical College founded in 1914 as one of China's earliest colleges offering western medicine courses.

中南大學坐落在中國歷史文化名城──湖南省長沙市，占地面積317萬平方米，跨湘江兩岸，依巍巍岳麓，臨滔滔湘水，環境幽雅，景色宜人，是求知治學的理想園地。

中南大學是教育部直屬全國重點大學、國家“211工程”首批重點建設高校、國家“985工程”部省重點共建高水平大學和國家“2011計劃”首批牽頭高校，2017年9月入選世界一流大學A類建設高校。

中南大學由原湖南醫科大學、長沙鐵道學院與中南工業大學于2000年4月合并組建而成。原中南工業大學的前身為創建于1952年的中南礦冶學院，原長沙鐵道學院的前身為創建于1953年的中南土木建筑學院，兩校的主體學科最早溯源于1903年創辦的湖南高等實業學堂的礦科和路科。原湖南醫科大學的前身為1914年創建的湘雅醫學專門學校，是我國創辦最早的西醫高等學校之一。

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