湘潭大学 | |
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| Motto | 博学笃行 盛德日新[1] |
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Motto in English | Knowledge, Action and Virtue[2] |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1958; 67 years ago (1958) |
| President | Li Bochao (李伯超) |
Academic staff | 1,488 (2019)[3] |
| Students | 37,057 (2019)[3] |
| Postgraduates | 6,770 (2019)[3] |
| Location | ,, China 27°53′17″N112°52′14″E / 27.887929°N 112.870634°E /27.887929; 112.870634 |
| Campus | 1,703,651m2 |
| Colors | Blue Red[4] |
| Website | xtu.edu.cn en |
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Xiangtan University (XTU;湘潭大学) is a provincial public university inXiangtan,Hunan, China.[5] It is affiliated with the Province of Hunan, and co-funded by the Hunan Provincial People's Government, theMinistry of Education of China, andSASTIND.[6] The university is part of theDouble First-Class Construction.[7]
In 1958, under the proposal ofMao Zedong, Xiangtan University was founded inXiangtan County ofHunan 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]
| University rankings | |
|---|---|
| Global – Overall | |
| ARWU World[10] | 701 (2025) |
| CWUR World[11] | 849 (2025) |
| CWTS World[12] | 575 (2024) |
| THE World[13] | 801 (2018) |
As of 2025, theBest Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the Xiangtan University the best inXiangtan and 4th in Hunan (the only university among the top 5 in the province located outsideChangsha, the capital of Hunan).[14]
As of 2025, theAcademic Ranking of World Universities placed Xiangtan University # 701-800th globally.[15]
In 2017,Times Higher Education ranked the university top 800-1000 in the world.[13] Xiangtan University was ranked in the top 1000 universities in the world by a number of international rankings including theAcademic Ranking of World Universities, theTimes Higher Education, and theCenter for World University Rankings (CWUR).[16][17][18]
The 2024CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked Xiangtan University at 575th in the world based on their publications for the period 2019–2022.[19] TheNature Index Annual Tables 2025 byNature Research ranked Xiangtan University among the top 350 leading universities globally for the high quality of research publications in natural science.[20]
| Subjects ranking by | 2025 Global Ranking |
|---|---|
| U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking[21] | |
| Chemical Engineering | # 220 |
| Mathematics | # 229 |
| Environmental Engineering | # 236 |
| Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | # 271 |
| Physical Chemistry | # 302 |
| Energy and Fuels | # 330 |
| Material Science | # 389 |
| Chemistry | # 562 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | # 589 |
| Computer Science | # 670 |
| Engineering | # 701 |
| Physics | # 830 |
| Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)[22] | |
| Chemical Engineering | 101-150 |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 151-200 |
| Energy Science & Engineering | 201-300 |
| Mathematics | 201-300 |
| Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 201-300 |
| Materials Science & Engineering | 301-400 |
| Chemistry | 401-500 |
