Hunan Institute of Technology

Approved by Ministry of Education, Hunan Building Materials Higher College (founded in 1978) and Hengyang Branch of Hunan University (founded in 1975) amalgamated for establishing a new comprehensive undergraduate university – Hunan Institute of Technology, which is under Hunan Provincial Educational Department. It places emphasis of development direction “base on Hunan Province, open to the whole country, lay the stress on promoting engineering subject, meanwhile develop other academic subjects such as economics, management and arts, to set up an institute which provides the society a great deal of technology service, and which turns out high-quality undergraduates with practical skills”.=6D9^M..ya/Ws*l
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Hunan Institute of Technology, which consists of three campuses, covers an area of 1528 mu, of which 400,000 square meters are construction area. At present, the number of undergraduates and junior college students has amounted to about 15,000. The institute has over 1100 faculties, among whom are more than 700 full-time teachers, 50 professors and 220 associate-professors, and 210 teachers with Master Degree and above. Meanwhile, there are 155 teachers studying for Master Degree or Doctor Degree. There assembles many excellent teachers such as: National Excellent Teacher, Famous Teacher in Regular Institutions of Higher Learning of Hunan Province, Experts Enjoying Special Government Allowance, Excellent Middle-aged and Young Experts of Hunan Province, Experts of Hunan Province New Century “121 Talents Project”, and Committeeman of the Academicians and Experts Consultative Committee of Hunan Province, etc.3?beu#2Pq:T
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The institute consists of these sections: Mechanical Engineering Department, Electric and Information Engineering Department, Computer Science and Technology Department, Architecture and Engineering Department, Safety and Chemical Engineering Department, Economy and Management Department, Humanities and Social Sciences Department and Fundamental Courses Teaching Department. And the Network Centre is established with the advanced and superior modern educational technology application platform. Until now, we have spent RMB70 million on the scientific research and teaching equipments. Hunan Institute of Technology possesses a library with nearly 800,000 books and 700,000 electronic books.{EJ^m$zX\`g[
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Emphasized on speciality construction and talent cultivation mode creation, it has formed four speciality chains, Machinery and Automation, Electrics and Information, Management and Safety and Civil Engineering and Materials, of which one as “Characteristic Specialty at National level ”, one as “Characteristic Specialty in Hunan”, and five as “Key Speciality of Colleges and Universities in Hunan”. It has 70 practice bases outside the campus, a factory attached to school inside and 120 various laboratories. And there are four excellent practice & teaching bases at provincial level, and three key demonstration laboratories of Hunan Province. Of all the courses, one is conferred on a title of “National Essential Course” and four approved as the “Essential Course of Hunan Province”. In the past two years, its faculties have supervised and complied the publication of 76 various textbooks and 8 masterpieces. The institute has been awarded the “Excellent Educational Administration of Colleges in Hunan Province” in 2003.Y$L2oh2\S4izB\svNw6
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Concentrating on the scientific research and teaching research and reforms, it sets up 5 research institutes and 4 technology companies. Since 2000, the institute has won 168 provincial or above scientific research subjects, and also achieved success in 18 scientific research projects at the level of province and above. Meanwhile, its faculties have published more than 1000 papers on various key journals, among which 99 were collected in SCI, EI, ISTP indices and 26 were collected in “copied information from newspapers and periodicals” edited by the newspapers and periodical information center of Renmin University of China. It was awarded “Advanced Scientific Research Management Unit of Colleges in Hunan Province” in 2004. Our institute has won 24 provincial or above teaching research and reform subjects and make remarkable achievement in 12 teaching projects at the same level. And it was awarded the First “Excellent Research Institutes of Higher Education in National Colleges and Universities”in 2005.lX&C?0VZ9Uc0uQn]]p4=
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Laying stress on the cultivation of student’s integrated quality, since 2000, it has been awarded more than 60 prizes in the National Undergraduate Mathematical Contests in Modeling, National Undergraduates Electric Design Contests and National English Speaking Contests, of which are 4 first and 6 second prizes at national level, and 10 firsts in Hunan province. The institute has been awarded the “Excellent Graduate Employment Unit of Colleges in Hunan Province” for twice in both 1999-2002 and 2003-2005.eV-;q1_K[umnkt
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