Hunan University of Technology () is a university located in

Zhuzhou Zhuzhou (, ), formerly Jianning (建宁), is a prefecture-level city of Hunan Province, China, straddling the Xiang River southeast of the provincial capital, Changsha, and bordering Jiangxi province to the east. It is part of the " Greater Chan ...

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. As of April 2014, the university has five campuses, 37,907 students including 1,276 graduate students, and 1,793 faculty members. The university consists of 19 schools, with 60 undergraduate programs and 11 master's degree programs. HUT is the only university characterized with the higher education of

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in China. It is a member of International Association of Packaging Research Institutes (IAPRI). As of 2021, Hunan University of Technology was ranked 776th in the world by ''

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", placed the university 269th in China. Hunan University of Technology was ranked in the top 901 globally of the 2022 ''

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History

Stele of Hunan University of Technology 7 September 2022

HUT was founded in 1979 with the name of Zhuzhou Primary University and then Zhuzhou University. Zhuzhou University changed its name to Zhuzhou Institute of Technology (ZIT) in 1989. In 2006, ZIT changed its name as Hunan University of Technology (HUT) with the approval of Ministry of Education of China. In the same year, Hunan Metallurgy College and Zhuzhou Normal College merged into the University.

Academics

* School of Packaging Design and Arts * School of Packaging and Materials Engineering * School of Mechanical Engineering * School of Civil Engineering * School of Electrical and Information Engineering * School of Computer and Communication * School of Metallurgical Engineering * School of Science * School of Business * School of Finance and Economics * School of Law * School of Literature and Journalism * School of Foreign Languages * School of Physical Education * School of Music * School of Architecture and Urban Planning * School of International Education * Department of Political Studies * Institute of Science and Technology (Independent Institute)

Culture

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International education

HUT has cooperation and provides exchange programs with universities in USA, UK, and Australia.

Notable alumni

* Liu Zhenwu *

Zhou Bohua Zhou Bohua (; born July 1948) is a retired politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as Governor of Hunan Province and Minister of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC). Biography Zhou was born in Xiangtan, Hunan ...

References

External links

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HUT Scholarship Programs for International Student
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