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   Xiangtan University (XTU) is a comprehensive and national key university in China, which was founded in accordance with Chairman Mao Zedong’s initiative in 1958. XTU was selected in the Double First-Class University list and jointly supported by the People’s Government of Hunan Province and the Ministry of Education. It was also one of the few Chinese universities listed in THE, USNEWS and other famous world university rankings at the same time.
   XTU has a graduate school, 24 colleges/teaching departments, offering 9 major disciplines: literature, history, philosophy, science, engineering, economics, management, law, and art. The Mathematical discipline is listed in the world’s First-Class Disciplines project. The disciplines of chemistry, materials science, engineering, mathematics, computer science and environment/ecology are among the world’s top 1% according to the Essential Science Indicators (ESI). 8 disciplines are among the 2023 Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. XTU has 1 global First-Class constructed discipline, 3 national key disciplines, 1 global First-Class training discipline, 13 key disciplines in the “14^th Five-Year Plan” of Hunan Province, 18 first-level disciplines authorized to confer a doctor’s degree, 32 first-level disciplines authorized to confer a master’s degree, 19 professional master’s programs, 16 post-doctoral research centers; It also has 41 national level and 15 provincial level First-Class Undergraduate Programs, 11 national level and 23 provincial level Characteristic Majors, 1 national level and 8 provincial level Comprehensive Reform Pilot Majors, and 12 majors were accredited by the China Engineering Education Accreditation Association.
   XTU adheres to the policy of open education, and is one of the selected universities in the international cooperation platforms of education, such as “The China-Africa ‘20+20’ Colleges Cooperation Program”, “100 Universities Cooperation Program of China-Africa Universities”, “China-Africa Consortium of Universities”, “Sino-Russian University Alliance of the Upper and Middle Reaches of Yangtze River and the Federal District along Volga River” and “The University Alliance of The Belt and Road (UAB&R)”, etc. It has established Confucius Institutes with Leon University, Spain and Makerere University, Uganda respectively. It is one of the first universities in Hunan Province to obtain the qualification of enrolling international students in China, and is the recipient institution of Chinese Government Scholarship and International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship, and has been granted the Higher General Education Accreditation for International Students in China (HGEAIS). It has established a wide range of exchange and cooperation relationships with more than 80 universities and research institutions in more than 20 countries and regions, such as USA, the UK and Japan, etc., and has carried out more than 30 international cooperation training programs.

    湘潭大学（XTU）创办于1958年，是一代伟人毛泽东同志亲自倡办的综合性全国重点大学、国家“双一流”建设高校、湖南省人民政府与教育部共建高校，是国内为数不多同时进入THE、USNEWS等权威国际大学排行榜的地方高校之一。
    学校设有研究生院和24个学院、教学部，学科覆盖文、史、哲、理、工、经、管、法、艺等9大门类，数学学科是世界一流建设学科，化学、材料科学、工程学、数学、计算机科学、环境/生态学等6个学科的ESI排名进入全球大学和科研机构前1%，8个学科进入2023软科世界一流学科排名。现有1个世界一流建设学科，3个国家重点学科，1个世界一流培育学科，13个湖南省“十四五”重点学科；有18个一级学科博士点，32个一级学科硕士点，19个硕士专业学位类别，16个博士后科研流动站；有国家级一流本科专业建设点41个、省级15个，国家级特色专业11个、省级23个，国家级专业综合改革试点专业1个、省级8个，12个专业通过国家工程教育专业认证。
    学校坚持走开放办学道路，是“中非高校20+20合作计划”“中非高校百校合作计划”“中非大学联盟”“‘长江—伏尔加河’高校联盟”与“一带一路”高校联盟等教育国际合作平台入选高校，分别与西班牙莱昂大学和乌干达麦克雷雷大学合作共建孔子学院，是湖南省首批获得来华留学生招生资格的院校，是中国政府奖学金和国际中文教师奖学金接收院校，是来华留学生高等教育质量认证高校。与美国、英国、日本等20多个国家和地区的80余所高校和科研机构建立了广泛的交流合作关系，开展了30多个国际合作培养项目。