University of South China

University of South China
南华大学
TypePublic
Established2000; 24 years ago (2000)
PresidentZhang Zhuohua (张灼华)
Academic staff
1,874 (November 2019)[1]
Students35,000 (November 2019)[1]
Postgraduates4,000 (November 2019)[1]
Location
Hengyang
,
Hunan
,
China

26°54′17″N 112°35′44″E / 26.9046°N 112.5955°E / 26.9046; 112.5955
CampusUrban, 200 ha (490 acres)
Websiteenglish.usc.edu.cn
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese南華大學
Simplified Chinese南华大学

The University of South China (南华大学), also as Nanhua University, is a provincial public university in the city of Hengyang, Hunan, China.[2]

History

It was formed in 2000 by the merger of Central South Institute of Technology (est. 1959) and Hengyang Medical College (est. 1958). The University of South China, with a nationwide enrolment, is administered by the Hunan Provincial Government, and co-funded by the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND) and a few other ministries of the central government.[2]

In October 2002, the University of South China incorporated the Sixth Institute of National Nuclear Industry as its subordinating part and took over No. 415 Hospital (originally under the Corporation of National Nuclear Industry) as one of its affiliated hospitals. In July 2004, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy set up a training base for its reservist officers in University of South China. The University of South China was initially authorized to award bachelor's degrees, and in 1986 began awarding master's degrees. In 1991, it began to collaborate with other universities and research institutes in doctoral programs, and was authorized to award doctoral degrees in 2003.

The university has 72 undergraduate majors, covering as many as 8 disciplinary areas (science, engineering, medicine, law, liberal arts, economics, management, and education).[3] There are 6 provincial key disciplines, 5 disciplines administrated by the Chinese government, and 1 key discipline of national defense. 18 Programs are entitled to award Ph.D. degree, 124 MA or M.S. degrees, and 35 professional degrees. The mining engineering, nuclear technology and its application, pathology and pathological physiology, and pharmacology are Hunan provincial key construction disciplines. There are 2 ministerial key laboratories, i.e. the dissolution and mineral laboratory, the coordinating laboratory of the International Radon Calculation Program of IAEA in Asia, 1 provincial key laboratory, i.e. the radon laboratory. Nuclear science, medical science and environment-related sciences are the three pillar stones of the university.

Academics

International collaboration

The university began its international student education in 2011, and as of 2021, there were around 600 international students, most of them majoring in basic medicine, clinical medicine, nuclear science and technology, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, software engineering, business management, international economy and trade, and Chinese language.[4][5]

Rankings and reputation

As of 2023, the Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the university the best in Hengyang, 8th in Hunan and 191st in China.[6] As of 2023, the Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as ShanghaiRanking, placed the university # 801-900th globally.[7]

The University of South China was ranked 230th in China, 617th in Asia and 1696th globally by the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking, with its Clinical Medicine subjects ranked at 925th globally.[8] The university ranked 1246th in the world out of nearly 20,000 universities worldwide and 192nd in China by the Center for World University Rankings 2023.[9] The university ranked # 923 in the world out of nearly 30,000 universities worldwide by the University Rankings by Academic Performance 2023–2024.[10]

The University of South China was ranked 401th in Asia, 401th globally among young universities and 1001th in the world among all universities according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[11] It was ranked 1001+ globally in "Engineering and Technology", 1001+ in "Physical Science", 601+ in "Life Science", and 601+ in "Clinical, pre-clinical and Health" by the Times Higher Education Rankings by Subjects.[11]

Nature Index

Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles and presents research outputs by institution and country on a monthly basis.

Year Rank Valuer
2022 210[12] Nature Index - Academic Institutions - China


Times Higher Education (THE)

Year Rank Valuer
2022 70[13] Times Higher Education Top Universities With Best Student-To-Staff Ratio
2022 401-500[14] Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings

CUAA (Chinese Universities Alumni Association)

Universities Ranking of China released by CUAA (Chinese Universities Alumni Association, Chinese: 中国校友会网) is one of the most foremost domestic university rankings in China.

Year Rank Valuer
2022 197[15] CUAA China University Ranking

References

  1. ^ a b c 学校简介. University of South China (in Chinese). 1 November 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "History of USC-UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA". english.usc.edu.cn. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  3. ^ "Colleges and Departments-UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA". english.usc.edu.cn. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  4. ^ "International Student Recruitment (2021-2022)-UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA". english.usc.edu.cn. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  5. ^ "Programs for Int'l students-UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA". english.usc.edu.cn. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  6. ^ "ShanghaiRanking-Univiersities". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  7. ^ "ShanghaiRanking-University of South China". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  8. ^ "2022 US News Best Global Universities Ranking University of South China". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  9. ^ "World University Rankings 2023 | Global 2000 List | CWUR". cwur.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  10. ^ "URAP - University Ranking by Academic Academic Performance". urapcenter.org. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  11. ^ a b "University of South China". Times Higher Education (THE). 2021-11-13. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  12. ^ "2022 tables: Institutions - academic - Annual tables - Nature Index". Nature Index. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Top Universities With The Best Student-to-staff Ratio 2022". Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  14. ^ "Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2021". Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  15. ^ "2022校友会中国大学排名". 艾瑞深数据技术研究院. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

External links

  • Official website


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