Huaihua University () is a university located in
Huaihua
Huaihua () is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Hunan province, China. It covers and is bordered by Xiangxi to the northwest, Zhangjiajie and Changde to the north, Yiyang, Loudi and Shaoyang to the east, Guilin and Liuzhou of Guang ...
,
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
, China.
As of fall 2019, the university has 2 campuses, a combined student body of 18,057 students, 867 faculty members.
The university consists of 21 departments, with 49 specialties for undergraduates.
At present, the university has 6 research institutions and research centres, including 1 national engineering research centre, 1 key national discipline.
History
Huaihua University was formed in 1958, it was initially called "Qianyang Normal College". It was renamed "Huaihua Normal College" in 1983. In 1986, Huaihua Continuing Education College merged into the university.
Academics
* Department of Politics and Law
* Department of Economics
* Department of Education Science
* Department of Physical
* Department of Chinese Language and Literature
* Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
* Department of Foreign Travel
* Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
* Department of Life Science
* Department of Music
* Department of Art
* Department of Artistic Designing
* Department of Computer Science and Technology
* Department of Business
* Department of English
* Department of Physical Science and Information Engineering
Library collections
Huaihua University's total collection amounts to more than 1.48 million items.
Culture
* Motto: Honest, Erudite, Realistic, Innovative ()
* College newspaper: ''Huaihua University Newspaper'' ()
People
Notable alumni
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Xi Nanhua, member of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republ ...
(CAS).
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Wang Yuewen, writer.
*
Tayo Elvis Nkengafeh, Former Teacher.
*
Chen Sisi, singer.
* , professor at
Queen's University.
*
Mo Wenxiu, Secretary of
All-China Women's Federation
The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF; ) is a women's rights people's organization established in China on 24 March 1949. It was originally called the All-China Democratic Women's Foundation, and was renamed the All-China Women's Federation in ...
.
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Wang Zhuojuan, musician.
*
Chen Zhiqiang, Mayor of Huaihua.
References
External links
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Universities and colleges in Hunan
Universities and colleges established in 1958
1958 establishments in China