The Hunan University of Science and Technology (HNUST; ) is a provincial public university in Xiangtan, Hunan of China, under the jointly jurisdiction of central government and provincial government, and is mainly administered by Hunan Province.

History

Hunan University of Science & Technology (HNUST), which evolves from Northern Hunan Construction College founded in 1949 and was formed in 2003 by the merger of Xiangtan Institute of Technology and Xiangtan Normal University.

Rankings and Reputation

As of 2022, Hunan University of Science and Technology was ranked 101st in China, 261st in Asia and 988th globally by the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking. The 2023 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked Hunan University of Science and Technology 989th in the world based on their publications for the period 2018–2021. The Nature Index 2023 by Nature Research ranked the university among the top 1000 leading research institutions globally for the high quality of research publications in natural science. Overall, Hunan University of Science and Technology was ranked in the top 1000 universities in the world by several international rankings including the CWTS Leiden Ranking, the U.S. News & World Report, and the Nature Index.

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