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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; 67 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]
Websitextu.edu.cn
en.xtu.edu.cn
Map
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

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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

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University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[10]701 (2025)
CWUR World[11]849 (2025)
CWTS World[12]575 (2024)
THE World[13]801 (2018)

General Rankings

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As of 2025, the Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the Xiangtan University the best in Xiangtan and 4th in Hunan (the only university among the top 5 in the province located outside Changsha, the capital of Hunan).[14]

As of 2025, the Academic 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 the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the Times Higher Education, and the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).[16][17][18]

Research and Subject Rankings

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The 2024 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked Xiangtan University at 575th in the world based on their publications for the period 2019–2022.[19] The Nature Index Annual Tables 2025 by Nature 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

References

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  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 2025 - Academic Ranking of World Universities 2025 - Top 1000 universities - Shanghai Ranking - 2025". Shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  11. ^ "GLOBAL 2000 LIST BY THE CENTER FOR WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2025". Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Leiden CWTS Ranking 2024". Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  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. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
  15. ^ "ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
  16. ^ "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 2020-08-25. Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  17. ^ "Xiangtan University Ranking | 2021-2022 | CWUR". cwur.org. Archived from the original on 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  18. ^ "ShanghaiRanking Universities". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  19. ^ Studies (CWTS), Centre for Science and Technology. "CWTS Leiden Ranking". CWTS Leiden Ranking. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  20. ^ "2025 Research Leaders: Leading academic institutions | Nature Index". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
  21. ^ "Best Global Universities Rankings 2025: Xiangtan University". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  22. ^ "ShanghaiRanking-Univiersities". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
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