Hengyang Normal University

26°52′50″N 112°40′42″E / 26.880431°N 112.678328°E / 26.880431; 112.678328Campus1.444 square kilometres (357 acres)Websitewww.hynu.edu.cn

Provincial public college in Hengyang, Hunan, China

Hengyang Normal University (Chinese: 衡阳师范学院; pinyin: Héngyáng Shīfàn Xuéyuàn) is a provincial public college in Hengyang, Hunan, China. Despite its English name, the school has not been granted university status. The college is under the Hunan Provincial Department of Education.

History

Hengyang Normal University was formed in 1904, it was initially called "Hunan Provincial Normal School". As of fall 2013, the university has two campuses, a combined student body of 16,000 students, 800 faculty members. The university consists of 2 colleges and 17 departments, with 39 specialties for undergraduates.

Academics

School of Nanyue^[2]
School of Continuing Education
Department of Humanities and social sciences
Department of Political science
Department of Economic Management
Department of Law
Department of Chinese language and Literature
Department of Journalism and Communication
Department of Chemistry and Materials science
Department of Tourism management
Department of Computer Science
Department of Music
Department of Art
Department of Physical Education
Department of Foreign languages
Department of Mathematics and Computing sciences
Department of Physical and Electronic information sciences
Department of Life Science
Department of Education Science

Rankings

As of 2023, the Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the university 15th in Hunan and 360th in nationwide.^[3] The university ranked # 2486 in the world out of nearly 30,000 universities worldwide by the University Rankings by Academic Performance 2021-2022.^[4]

Culture

Motto: 厚德、博学、砺志、笃行

People

Notable alumni

Zhong Daiying
Zhang Qiuren
Jiang Xianyun
Huang Jingyuan
Huang Kecheng
Jiang Hua
Tao Zhu
Zhang Jingwu
Zhang Pinghua
Zhang Jichun
Zeng Xisheng
Tang Tianji
Zhou Li
Qin Guangrong
Fan Fenfang
Wu Yunfu

References

^ ^a ^b 学校简介. Hengyang Normal University (in Chinese). 1 October 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
^ 2013年衡阳师范学院南岳学院招生章程. Tencent (in Chinese). 2013.
^ "ShanghaiRanking's Best Chinese Universities Ranking". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
^ "URAP - University Ranking by Academic Academic Performance". urapcenter.org. Retrieved 2022-10-30.