Located in the historically and culturally renowned city of Changsha, with Yuelu Mountain in the south and Xiangjiang River in the east, Hunan University of Technology and Business (HUTB) is a multi-disciplinary university with distinctive characteristics and mutually-supporting coordinately developing disciplines in economics, management, engineering, science, law, literature, art, inter-discipline and other disciplines. As one of the first-batch group to enroll students in the province, the university has been appraised by the Ministry of Education as “Excellence” in the undergraduate teaching quality evaluation, and construction unit for doctorate conferment. It is also awarded as an Applied University of National Industry-Education Integrated Development Project in the 13th Five-Year Plan, one of the national first-batch top 100 “Model Universities in Deepening Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform”, the “National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base of Practical Education”, and one of the national top 50 universities for typical innovation and entrepreneurship experience. In 1999, the university began master degree programs. Six first-level disciplines came on the list of the “Best Chinese Subjects Ranking” issued by Shanghai Ranking for two consecutive years, of which the Management and Engineering belongs to the top 10%, ranking 1st and 2nd respectively in the province.

Founded in 1949, the university covers an area of about 1432.08 mu and a floorage of over 550,000 square meters. There are teaching facilities and scientific research equipment with a total value of RMB 180 million, as well as a library collection of over 2 million books. Currently, there are 23 schools (departments) and 115 scientific research institutes. The number of full-time students has reached more than 20,000. 4 disciplines are approved by the authorities to offer doctoral degree programs, 11 first-level disciplines have master degree programs, 15 disciplines have professional master degree programs, and 2 disciplines are provincial “double first-class” disciplines. There are 1 national center for basic science, 1 state key laboratory (cultivation), 4 provincial key laboratories, 1 Changsha artificial intelligence social laboratory, a major S&T innovation platform, 2 provincial 2011 collaborative innovation centers, 2 provincial engineering research centers, 1 provincial international cooperative base of scientific and technological innovation, 1 provincial professional characteristic think tank, 1 academician expert workstation, 7 provincial social science research bases, 4 provincial key research bases for philosophy and social sciences of higher education, 1 provincial higher education demonstration base of industry-education-research cooperation, 1 provincial educational science research base, 2 provincial social science innovation research bases, 1 provincial social science popularization base, 2 provincial science and technology innovation teams of higher education, 1 provincial research base for the consciousness of the Chinese nation community, and 1 provincial research base for the Party’s innovation theory. The university offers 67 undergraduate programs, including 10 national first-class undergraduate program construction points, 20 provincial first-class undergraduate program construction points, 2 “First-Category Featured Majors Construction Programs” and 1 “Second-Category Featured Major Construction Program” by the Ministry of Education, 1 national pilot program for comprehensive reform of majors, 5 provincial pilot programs for comprehensive reform of majors, 5 provincial key majors, 2 provincial funded construction majors, and 9 provincial featured majors. Moreover, the university has won a second prize of national teaching achievement, and has 1 construction program for “Talent Cultivation Mode Innovation Pilot Zone” initiated by the Ministry of Education, 3 national first-class courses, 2 national quality courses, 1 national quality resource sharing course, 80 provincial first-class courses, 2 provincial ideological and political demonstration courses, 10 provincial quality courses, 4 provincial teaching teams, 36 provincial practical teaching platforms, and 8 provincial excellent practical teaching bases. In 2016, it started the overall cooperation with Xiangjiang New District, Hunan.

There are 1,780 faculty members and 1,316 full-time teachers, including 153 professors, 279 associate professors, 609 teachers with doctoral degrees, 1 national teaching team, 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 member of the national committee of CPPCC, 1 member of the plenary committee of the National Natural Science Foundation, 1 convener of Management Science and Engineering Discipline Review Group of Academic Degrees Committee of State Council, 1 member of MoE Social Science Committee, 1 member of Management Department of MoE Scientific and Technological Committee, 1 top 2% scientist in the world, 1 vice-chairman of Hunan Scientific and Technological Association, 3 national excellent teachers, 1 National Advanced Teacher of Morality, 1 national “Woman Pace-Setter”, 1 chief professor of Innovation Research Group of National Natural Science Foundation, 1 chief professor of “Changjiang Scholars Innovation Team”, 1 winner of the Fudan Management Award for Outstanding Contribution , 1 winner of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 1 first-batch National Outstanding Social Scientist, 2 leading talents in the National Special Support Program for High-level Talents, 2 talents in the National Cultural Expert Program and “Four First-batch” Program, 1 first and second level national candidate in the national “Ten Million Talent Project”, 1 National Young Talent of Ideological and Cultural Propaganda, 1 deputy director and 3 members of the Teaching Steering Committee of Ministry of Education, 11 experts enjoying special government allowance of the State Council, 1 winner of “Young College Teachers Award” of Ministry of Education, 2 candidates in the “New-Century Excellent Talent Support Plan” of Ministry of Education, 1 first-batch “Furong Scholar Award Program” professor and winner of “Furong Scholar” contribution award, 1 provincial Excellent Expert, 1 winner of “Xu Teli Education Award”, 2 provincial Excellent Social Science Experts, 1 distinguished professor, 1 chair professor and 6 young scholars of “Furong Scholar Award Program”, 2 leading talents of provincial new-type Think Tank, 3 provincial distinguished teachers, 5 provincial excellent teachers, 3 experts enjoying special allowance of the Hunan provincial government, 1 “five first-batch” talent in Hunan Publicity and Culture system, 1 candidate in the “Hunan Provincial Support Plan for Outstanding Young and Middle-Aged Talents in Ideological and Political Education”, 1 “Huxiang Young Talent”, and 26 candidates in the provincial “New-Century 121 Talent Plan”.

In recent 5 years, the faculty have undertaken 2,202 scientific research programs at different levels and of different categories, including 153 national programs: 4 major programs and 1 integration program in major research plan from the National Natural Science Foundation, 2 major key projects of the Ministry of Education, 3 key specialized projects of the national key research and development program from the Ministry of Science and Technology, and 3 major consulting projects from the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Especially the National Basic Science Center of "Resource and Environmental Management Theory and Application in the Era of Digital Economy" led by our university was approved, achieving zero breakthrough in this field in Hunan province. The number of national, provincial and ministerial-level research projects conducted by our university is among the best in general colleges and universities in Hunan province. 2,362 papers have been published, including over 600 academic papers published in authoritative journals at home and abroad, such as “Nature”, “Management World”, “Science China“, “Economic Research Journal” and “Journal of Management Sciences in China”; more than 80 highly cited papers in the top 1% of ESI. 222 monographs have been published and 265 projects have been carried out in collaboration with enterprises and public institutions.

In the past 10 years, the university has won 50 scientific research awards at or above the provincial level, including 1 second prize of national scientific and technological progress, 1 first prize, 1 second prize and 1 third prize for Outstanding Achievement Award of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education (one of the universities winning the Grand Slam in this award), 1 First Prize of Science and Technology in Chinese Universities, 1 Fudan Management Award for Outstanding Contribution, 1 Guangzhao Science and Technology Award in Hunan, 1 first prize of Hunan Science and Technology Progress Award, 3 first prizes of Outstanding Achievement Award of Social Sciences in Hunan, and 39 prizes including second and third prizes of Hunan Science and Technology Progress Award, second and third prizes of Hunan Natural Science Award, second and third prizes of Outstanding Achievement Award of Social Sciences in Hunan, and other provincial and ministerial awards.

Based on the motto of “Sincerity and Credibility; Pragmatism and Innovation”, the university abides by high moral values and student-oriented education as the fundamental task. Focusing on teaching, it sticks to cultivating application-oriented senior specialized talents with solid foundation, high comprehensive quality, strong practical ability, keen market awareness and innovative spirit. Among the students, Xiao Xia, the “Most Beautiful Hunan Girl”, has been taking care of the widows of expeditionary soldiers every day for 18 years. She and Xu Shoubao, the “Hunan Good Person”, along with other 4 students, came on the list of “2017 Hunan Top 10 Educational Figures”. The university recruits students from 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of the whole country. In recent years, the graduates have realized a steady annual employment rate of over 97%, and made great contribution to the local economic and social development. The university has been extending its international exchange and cooperation increasingly and established international cooperative relations and exchanges with more than 20 universities and research institutions from Ireland, Netherlands, USA, UK, France, Italy, South Korea, etc.