Shaoyang University (; sometimes abbreviated as SYU) is a university located in

Shaoyang Shaoyang (), formerly named Baoqing (Paoking) (), is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Hunan province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It has a history of 2500 years and remains an important commercial and transportation city in Huna ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi ...

, in south central China. As of fall 2013, the university has 3 campuses, a combined student body of 17,112 students, 776 faculty members, 330 staff members, and over 60,000 living alumni. The university consists of 14 departments, with 45 specialties for undergraduates, 2 specialties for master's degree candidates. At present, the university has 23 research institutions and research centres, including 1 provincial engineering research centre. As of 2022, the

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, one of sub-ranks to the "

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", ranked Shaoyang University 506th out of around 3,000 universities and colleges in China.

History

Shaoyang University was formed in 1958.

Academics

* Department of Economic Administration * Department of Politic and Low * Department of Physical * Department of Chinese Language and Literature * Department of Foreign Languages * Department of Music * Department of Artistic Designing * Department of Science and Information Science * Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering * Department of Architecture and Urban Planning * Department of Machinery and Energy Engineering * Department of Electric Engineering * Department of Information Engineering * Department of Accounting

Library collections

Shaoyang University's total collection reaches to more than 1.51 million items.

Culture

* Motto:

People

Notable faculty

Li Guojie Li Guojie (born 15 October 1985 in Chengdu, Sichuan) is a Chinese épée fencer, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as ...

, a member of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

. *

Jiang Dawei Jiang Dawei (born January 22, 1947) is a Chinese folk singer, best known for a number of hit songs such as the theme song for the 1986 TV series '' Journey to the West''. In 1968, he joined the Forest Trooper Art Troupe and began his singing ca ...

, honorary professor. * Justin Hill, English author, taught here from 1998-9 and 2005-6 , when he received the 2005

Xiaoxiang Friendship Award Xiaoxiang (), also transliterated ''XiaoXiang'', ''Hsiao Hsiang'', and ''Chiu Chiang'', in some older sources, refers to the "lakes and rivers" region in south-central China south of the middle-reaches of the Yangtze River and corresponding, more ...

from the Governor of Hunan. His prize-winning novel, The Drink and Dream Teahouse, was set in Shaoyang.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaoyang University Universities and colleges in Hunan Educational institutions established in 1958 Education in Shaoyang 1958 establishments in China