湖南大学坐落于中国历史文化名城长沙，是一所办学历史悠久、学科门类齐全、师资力量雄厚、国内国际知名的高水平综合性大学。学校前身为创建于公元976年的岳麓书院，历经宋、元、明、清等朝代的变迁，始终保持着文化教育的连续性，1903年改制为湖南高等学堂，1926年定名为湖南大学，1950年正式定名至今。作为国家“双一流”建设高校、“211工程”“985工程”重点建设高校，湖南大学以深厚的文化底蕴和卓越的办学实力，在人才培养、科学研究、社会服务等方面取得了丰硕成果。

Hunan University is located in Changsha, a famous historical and cultural city in China. It is a high-level comprehensive university with a long history, complete disciplines, strong faculty, and domestic and international reputation. The university originated from Yuelu Academy founded in 976 AD. After the changes of the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, it has always maintained the continuity of cultural education. It was restructured into Hunan Higher School in 1903, named Hunan University in 1926, and officially named so since 1950. As a national "Double First-Class" construction university and a key construction university of the "211 Project" and "985 Project", Hunan University has achieved fruitful results in talent training, scientific research, and social services with its profound cultural heritage and excellent school-running strength.

学校学科特色鲜明，涵盖哲学、经济学、法学、教育学、文学、历史学、理学、工学、管理学、医学、艺术学等11大门类，形成了以工科为主，理工文管医艺多学科协调发展的学科体系。其中，化学、机械工程、电气工程等学科进入ESI全球前1‰，土木水利工程、环境科学与工程等学科实力位居全国前列。学校拥有国家级科研平台30余个，省部级科研平台170余个，近年来在先进制造、新材料、信息技术、能源环境等领域取得了一系列重大原创性成果，为国家和区域经济社会发展作出了重要贡献。

The university has distinctive disciplinary characteristics, covering 11 disciplines including philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management, medicine, and art, forming a disciplinary system dominated by engineering and coordinated development of multiple disciplines such as science, engineering, literature, management, medicine, and art. Among them, disciplines such as chemistry, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering have entered the top 1‰ of ESI globally, and disciplines such as civil and hydraulic engineering, environmental science and engineering are among the top in China. The university has more than 30 national-level scientific research platforms and more than 170 provincial-level scientific research platforms. In recent years, it has achieved a series of major original results in advanced manufacturing, new materials, information technology, energy and environment, making important contributions to national and regional economic and social development.