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 Xiangtan University (XTU) is a comprehensive and national key university in China, which was founded by Mao Zedong in 1958. Since its establishment, XTU has been improving its comprehensive school-running strength and core competitiveness. As one of the universities that had entered the ranking lists of well-respected international universities by the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine and USNEWS, it ranked 43rd among all mainland Chinese universities in 2020 by THE magazine.
 At present, the university comprises 23 schools and teaching departments and faculties in literature, history, philosophy, science, engineering, economics, management, law and art. Chemistry, Materials Science, Engineering and Mathematics have ranked the world’s top 1% disciplines by ESI and seven disciplines are included in the 2019 Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. It has 3 national key disciplines, 5 domestic first-class construction disciplines in Hunan Province, 10 domestic first-class cultivation disciplines in Hunan Province, and 4 special national defense disciplines. There are 15 doctoral degree programs of first-level discipline, a doctoral degree program of second-level discipline, 31 first-level discipline masters degree programs, 19 professional master’s degree categories, and 15 post-doctoral research centers. It also has 19 national-level first-class undergraduate professional construction sites, 11 national-level characteristic majors, a national-level professional comprehensive reform pilot major, and 8 majors with national engineering education professional certification. XTU has gained an increasing influence internationally and domestically.
 It has established two Confucius Institutes with Leon University and Makerere University respectively and launched 30-plus international cooperation training projects with 60 universities and research institutions in over 20 countries and regions such as USA, the UK and Japan. The university has also joined the China-Africa Universities 20+20 Cooperation Plan developed by the Ministry of Education of PRC and been selected for the “Belt and Road” University Alliance.

  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，是湖南省人民政府与教育部共建高校、湖南省人民政府与国家国防科技工业局共建高校，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23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、数学等4个学科的ESI排名进入全球大学和科研机构前1%，7个学科进入2021软科世界一流学科排名。现有3个国家重点学科，5个湖南省国内一流建设学科，10个湖南省国内一流培育学科；有16个一级学科博士点，31个一级学科硕士点，19个硕士专业学位类别，15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。
  学校建有2所孔子学院，是教育部“中非高校20+20合作计划”中方入选高校和“一带一路”高校联盟入选高校，先后与美国、英国、日本等20多个国家和地区的70余所高校和科研机构建立了广泛的交流合作关系。