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27°53′17″N 112°52′14″E / 27.887929°N 112.870634°E / 27.887929; 112.870634
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Xiangtan University
湘潭大学
Motto博学笃行 盛德日新 [1]
Motto in English
Knowledge, Action and Virtue [2]
TypePublic
Established1958; 66 years ago (1958)
PresidentLi Bochao (李伯超)
Academic staff
1,488 (2019) [3]
Students37,057 (2019) [3]
Postgraduates6,770 (2019) [3]
Location
Xiangtan
,
Hunan
,
China

27°53′17″N 112°52′14″E / 27.887929°N 112.870634°E / 27.887929; 112.870634
Campus1,703,651m2
Colors  Blue
  Red [4]
Website xtu.edu.cn
en.xtu.edu.cn
The university gate

Xiangtan University (XTU; 湘潭大学) is a provincial public university in Xiangtan, Hunan, China. [5] It is affiliated with the Province of Hunan, and co-funded by the Hunan Provincial People's Government, the Ministry of Education of China, and SASTIND. [6] The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction. [7]

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. [8] The university ceased to run by the order of the provincial government in 1959 and ultimately recovered the university operation in 1974. [9]

Rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World [10]801 (2023)
CWUR World [11]910 (2023)
CWTS World [12]610 (2023)
THE World [13]801 (2018)

General Rankings

As of 2022, the Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the " Shanghai Ranking", placed the university the best in Xiangtan and 4th in Hunan (the only university outside Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province) . [14]

As of 2023, the Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as ShanghaiRanking, placed Xiangtan University # 801-900th globally. [15]

In 2017, Times Higher Education ranked the university top 800-1000 in the world. [13] In 2021, Xiangtan University was ranked in the top 1000 universities in the world by several international rankings including the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the Times Higher Education, the U.S. News & World Report and the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). [16] [17] [18] [19]

Research and Subject Rankings

The 2023 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked Xiangtan University at 610th in the world based on their publications for the period 2018–2021. [20] The Nature Index Annual Tables 2023 by Nature Research ranked Xiangtan University among the top 500 leading universities globally for the high quality of research publications in natural science. [21]

Subjects ranking by 2022 Global Ranking
U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking [17]
Mathematics # 76
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology # 223
Condensed Matter Physics # 231
Physical Chemistry # 271
Material Science # 355
Chemistry # 515
Engineering # 690
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) [22]
Chemical Engineering 201-300
Energy Science & Engineering 201-300
Mathematics 201-300
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology 201-300
Chemistry 301-400
Materials Science & Engineering 301-400

References

  1. ^ "湘潭大学校训 (Chinese)". Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  2. ^ "University Profile". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c 学校简介. Xiangtan University (in Chinese). 2019. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  4. ^ "校徽-湘潭大学". www.xtu.edu.cn. Archived from the original on 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  5. ^ "Profile-Xiangtan University". en.xtu.edu.cn. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  6. ^ 湖南省教育厅 (2014-12-31). "《湘潭大学章程》核准书" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  7. ^ "Colleges and Schools-Xiangtan University". en.xtu.edu.cn. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  8. ^ "Profile-Xiangtan University". en.xtu.edu.cn. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  9. ^ "History-Xiangtan University". en.xtu.edu.cn. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  10. ^ "ARWU World University Rankings 2023 - Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023 - Top 1000 universities - Shanghai Ranking - 2023". Shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  11. ^ "GLOBAL 2000 LIST BY THE CENTER FOR WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2023". Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Leiden CWTS Ranking 2023". Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  13. ^ a b "World University Rankings 2017-2018". Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  14. ^ "ShanghaiRanking's Best Chinese Universities Ranking". www.shanghairanking.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  15. ^ "ShanghaiRanking-Xiangtan University". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  16. ^ "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 2020-08-25. Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  17. ^ a b "Best Global Universities Rankings: Xiangtan University". U.S. News & World Report. 2021-10-26. Archived from the original on 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  18. ^ "Xiangtan University Ranking | 2021-2022 | CWUR". cwur.org. Archived from the original on 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  19. ^ "ShanghaiRanking-Univiersities". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  20. ^ Studies (CWTS), Centre for Science and Technology. "CWTS Leiden Ranking". CWTS Leiden Ranking. Archived from the original on 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  21. ^ "2023 tables: Institutions - academic | Annual tables | Nature Index". www.nature.com. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  22. ^ "ShanghaiRanking-Xiangtan University". www.shanghairanking.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-08-19.

External links

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