Xiangtan University

Xiangtan University (XTU; 湘潭大学) is a provincial public university in Xiangtan, Hunan, China.^[5] It is affiliated with the Province of Hunan, and co-funded by the Hunan Provincial People's Government, the Ministry of Education of China, and SASTIND.^[6] The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction.^[7]

Xiangtan University

湘潭大学
Motto	博学笃行 盛德日新[1]
Motto in English	Knowledge, Action and Virtue[2]
Type	Public
Established	1958; 67 years ago (1958)
President	Li Bochao (李伯超)
Academic staff	1,488 (2019)[3]
Students	37,057 (2019)[3]
Postgraduates	6,770 (2019)[3]
Location	Xiangtan , Hunan , China 27°53′17″N 112°52′14″E
Campus	1,703,651m2
Colors	Blue   Red[4]
Website	xtu.edu.cn en.xtu.edu.cn

The university gate

History

In 1958, under the proposal of Mao Zedong, Xiangtan University was founded in Xiangtan County of Hunan Province, where Mao Zedong was born and grew up.^[8] The university ceased to run by the order of the provincial government in 1959 and ultimately recovered the university operation in 1974.^[9]

Rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[10]	801 (2023)
CWUR World[11]	896 (2024)
CWTS World[12]	575 (2024)
THE World[13]	801 (2018)

General Rankings

As of 2022, the Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the university the best in Xiangtan and 4th in Hunan (the only university outside Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province).^[14]

As of 2023, the Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as ShanghaiRanking, placed Xiangtan University # 801-900th globally.^[15]

In 2017, Times Higher Education ranked the university top 800-1000 in the world.^[13] In 2021, Xiangtan University was ranked in the top 1000 universities in the world by a number of international rankings including the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the Times Higher Education, the U.S. News & World Report and the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).^{[16][17][18][19]}

Research and Subject Rankings

The 2024 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked Xiangtan University at 575th in the world based on their publications for the period 2019–2022.^[20] The Nature Index Annual Tables 2023 by Nature Research ranked Xiangtan University among the top 500 leading universities globally for the high quality of research publications in natural science.^[21]

Subjects ranking by	2022 Global Ranking
U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking[17]
Mathematics	# 76
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology	# 223
Condensed Matter Physics	# 231
Physical Chemistry	# 271
Material Science	# 355
Chemistry	# 515
Engineering	# 690
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)[22]
Chemical Engineering	201-300
Energy Science & Engineering	201-300
Mathematics	201-300
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	201-300
Chemistry	301-400
Materials Science & Engineering	301-400