University of South China
The University of South China () is a university in city Hengyang, Hunan, China. The Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the university 198th in China. History. It was formed in 2000 by the merger of Central South Institute of Technology (est. 1959) and Hengyang Medical College (est. 1958). The University of South China, with a nationwide enrolment, is administered by the Hunan Provincial Government, and co-funded by the Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND) and a few other ministries of the central government. In October 2002 , University of South China incorporated the Sixth Institute of National Nuclear Industry as its subordinating part and took over No. 415 Hospital (originally under the Corporation of National Nuclear Industry) as one of its affiliated hospitals. In July 2004, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy set up a training base for its reservist officers in University of South China. The University of South China was initially authorized to award bachelor's degrees, and in 1986 began awarding master's degrees. In 1991, it began to collaborate with other universities and research institutes in doctoral programs, and was authorized  to award doctoral degrees in 2003. The university has 72 undergraduate majors, covering as many as 8 disciplinary areas (science, engineering, medicine, law, liberal arts, economics, management, and education). There are 6 provincial key disciplines, 5 disciplines administrated by the Chinese government, and 1 key discipline of national defense. 18 Programs are entitled to award Ph.D. degree, 124 MA or M.S. degrees, and 35 professional degrees. The mining engineering, nuclear technology and its application, pathology and pathological physiology, and pharmacology are Hunan provincial key construction disciplines. There are 2 ministerial key laboratories, i.e. the dissolution and mineral laboratory, the coordinating  laboratory of the International Radon Calculation Program of IAEA in Asia, 1 provincial key laboratory, i.e. the radon laboratory. Nuclear science, medical science and environment-related sciences are the three pillar stones of the university. International Collaboration. The university began its international student education in 2011, and as of 2021, there were around 600 international students, most of them majoring in basic medicine, clinical medicine, nuclear science and technology, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, software engineering, business management, international economy and trade, and Chinese language. Rankings and reputation. As of 2021, University of South China was ranked 651st in the world  by "SCImago Institutions Rankings." The Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the university 198th in China. University of South China was ranked 230th in China, 617th in Asia and 1696th globally by the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking, with its Clinical Medicine subjects ranked at 925th globally. The university ranked 1330th in the world out of nearly 20,000 universities worldwide and 199th in China by the Center for World University Rankings 2022/23. University of South China was ranked 401th in Asia, 401th globally among young universities and 1001th in the world among  all universities according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It was ranked 1001+ globally in "Engineering and Technology", 1001+ in "Physical Science", 601+ in "Life Science", and 601+ in "Clinical, pre-clinical and Health" by the "Times Higher Education Rankings by Subjects".