The University of South China () is a

university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...

in city Hengyang,

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 ...

, China. As of 2022, the

Best Chinese Universities Ranking The Best Chinese Universities Ranking (BCUR) is a ranking table of Chinese institutions of higher education. It is compiled by Shanghai Ruanke, the same agency that is behind the Academic Ranking of World Universities The ''Academic Ranking ...

, also known as the " Shanghai Ranking", placed the university the best in Hengyang and 8th in Hunan.

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. In October 2002, 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

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majors, covering as many as 8 disciplinary areas (

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medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, and Health promotion ...

, law,

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, and

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). There are 6 provincial key disciplines, 5 disciplines administrated by the

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, 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.

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.

Rankings and reputation

As of 2022, the

, also known as the " Shanghai Ranking", placed the university the best in Hengyang, 8th in Hunan and 198th in China. As of 2021, University of South China was ranked 651st in the world by ''

SCImago Institutions Rankings The SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) since 2009 has published its international ranking of worldwide research institutions, the SIR World Report. The SIR World Report is the work of the SCImago Research Group,Best Chinese Universities Ranking The Best Chinese Universities Ranking (BCUR) is a ranking table of Chinese institutions of higher education. It is compiled by Shanghai Ruanke, the same agency that is behind the Academic Ranking of World Universities The ''Academic Ranking ...

, also known as the " Shanghai Ranking", placed the university 198th in China. 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. The university ranked 1330th in the world out of nearly 20,000 universities worldwide and 199th in China by the

Center for World University Rankings College and university rankings order the best institutions in higher education based on factors that vary depending on the ranking. Some rankings evaluate institutions within a single country, while others assess institutions worldwide. Ranking ...

2022/23. 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

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. It was ranked 1001+ globally in "

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", and 601+ in "Clinical, pre-clinical and Health" by the '' Times Higher Education Rankings by Subjects''.

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