HUTB Introduction
2023-03-10
Inheriting the millennium context and promoting the spirit of Huxiang, Hunan University of Technology and Business (HUTB), located in Changsha, a famous historical and cultural city, was founded in 1949 and enjoys the high reputation of "Base of Economic Xiang Army and Cradle of Famous Enterprises". HUTB is a financial and economic university led by academicians with distinctive characteristics and mutually-supporting coordinately developing disciplines in management, economics, engineering, science, law, literature, art, inter-discipline and other disciplines. As one of the first-batch groups 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. HUTB 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 Outstanding Achievement Award of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education (one of the universities winning the Grand Slam in this award).
HUTB has a group of high-level talents represented by Chen Xiaohong, CAE Academician, including the convener of Management Science and Engineering Discipline Review Group of Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, member of the plenary committee of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, deputy director of Teaching Steering Committee of Management Science and Engineering Specialties of the Ministry of Education, deputy director of Management Department of Science and Technology Commission of the Ministry of Education, director of National Center for Basic Science, head of national first-class key discipline "Management Science and Engineering" and the innovation research group of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, chief professor of “Changjiang Scholars Innovation Team” of the Ministry of Education, leading talent of National "Ten Thousand Talents Program", talent in the National Cultural Expert Program and “Four First-batch” Program, and first level national candidate in the national “Ten Million Talent Project”; there are nearly 500 teachers with senior professional titles, nearly 800 teachers with doctoral degrees, 9 academicians introduced as international talents, 70 experts, scholars and outstanding entrepreneurs such as "Distinguished Young Scholar" and "Changjiang Scholar"; the academician team was selected as "Huang Danian Teacher Team in National Universities".
HUTB has 120 national, provincial and ministerial teaching and research platforms, such as the national center for basic science and state key laboratory (cultivation), takes the lead in building Xiangjiang Laboratory, a major scientific and technological project of CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and the Hunan Provincial Government and has set 33 key research institutes (centers). In recent 5 years, the number of national projects ranks among the best among provincial universities, including 4 major programs of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 3 major programs of National Social Science Fund of China, 9 national key research and development programs from the Ministry of Science and Technology and 8 major consulting projects from the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The faculty has won many scientific research awards, including the second prize of national scientific and technological progress, first prize of Outstanding Achievement Award of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Fudan Management Award for Outstanding Contribution, and Guangzhao Science and Technology Award in Hunan. A number of think tank achievements have been referred to for the decision-making of the Party and the state.
Currently, there are 23 schools (departments), 77 undergraduate specialties (including 3 Sino-foreign cooperation undergraduate specialties), 19 national first-class specialties and 33 provincial first-class specialties. At present, there are more than 20,000 graduate students and undergraduate students. Based on the motto of “Sincerity and Credibility; Pragmatism and Innovation”, the students have worked hard and bravely. In the past five years, they have won 702 national awards, such as the special prize of the 17th National Challenge Cup Competition and the National Winning Cup with the first total score in the province. The university recruits students from 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of the whole country with employment rate ranking among the top universities in the province. We have delivered more than 200,000 outstanding talents for economic and social development.
Tide rises in Xiangjiang River, and a great hawk spreads its wings. Guided by Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, adhering to the idea of integration between “New engineering courses + new business courses + new liberal arts courses” and science courses, HUTB strives to develop first-class ideas, goals, standards, quality and mechanisms, pay attention to innovation, humanities, art, sports, digital intelligence, environment protection, and happiness, and build a good garden for reading and seeking knowledge. We take advantage of the east wind of higher education reform and sail towards the vision of an innovative first-class technological and business university.
