Hunan University of Technology and Business (HUTB) is a provincial university with bachelor
and master majors covering an area of economics, management, law,
liberal arts, science and engineering. It is appraised as one of the
best universities in the Undergraduate Teaching Quality Evaluation
Program by the National Education Ministry.
Located
in the beautiful and historical city of Changsha, with Yuelu Mountain
to the south and Xiang River to the east, the university enjoys
convenient transportation and pleasant environment. Founded in 1949, it
covers a total area of 1,340.61 Chinese Mu. The teaching facilities and
equipments are worth of over 100 million Yuan, plus a library collection
of over 2 million volumes. The university has 17 schools, 42 research
institutes and one first-batch “independent college” approved by the
National Education Ministry – Beijin College. Over 20,000 students study
and live on the campus. Among the 1,153 faculty and staff members,
there are 134 professors and 267 associate professors. Over the years,
the faculty has won different honors, titles and financial supports to
do research from different ranks of governments and funds. They have
acquired a variety of key subjects, key research bases, model bases,
teaching teams, etc.
Academic
master degrees & professional master degrees cover all economic and
management majors and parts of non-economic & management majors.
Among the 45 undergraduate majors, there are various titles and honors
at national and provincial levels as well: Featured Majors of the 1st
rank & 2nd rank, Construction Key Majors, Synthetic Reform Pilot
Schemes of Majors, etc.
During
the recent five years, the university has been taking 1108 research
projects of various levels, including key projects and major programs
from social and natural sciences funds of the State Council, from the
National Education Ministry, from national soft-sciences, and from
humanities and social sciences funds. The total number stands in the
first among the provincial universities and colleges.
Based
on its motto of “Sincerity & Credibility; Pragmatism &
Innovation”, the university aims at producing graduates with steady
knowledge foundation, comprehensive qualities, strong practical
abilities, keen market awareness and innovative creativity. It recruits
students from 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions.
International exchanges and cooperation of the university with overseas
universities have now become more frequent. It has established exchange
relationships or cooperative education programs with over 10
universities and research institutes from the United Kingdom, the
Netherlands, Ireland, the United States, Canada, and Australia.