Xiangtan University

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
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]896 (2024)
CWTS World[12]575 (2024)
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 a number of 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 2024 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked Xiangtan University at 575th in the world based on their publications for the period 2019–2022.[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

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  2. ^ "University Profile". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
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  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 2024". Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  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. Archived from the original on 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
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  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 Universities". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  20. ^ Studies (CWTS), Centre for Science and Technology. "CWTS Leiden Ranking". CWTS Leiden Ranking. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  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.