Hengyang Normal University (Chinese: 衡阳师范学院; pinyin: Héngyáng Shīfàn Xuéyuàn) is a provincial public college in Hengyang, Hunan, China. Despite its English name, the school has not been granted university status. The college is under the Hunan Provincial Department of Education.

History

Hengyang Normal University was formed in 1904, it was initially called "Hunan Provincial Normal School". As of fall 2013, the university has two campuses, a combined student body of 16,000 students, 800 faculty members. The university consists of 2 colleges and 17 departments, with 39 specialties for undergraduates.

Academics

• School of Nanyue^[2]
• School of Continuing Education
• Department of Humanities and social sciences
• Department of Political science
• Department of Economic Management
• Department of Law
• Department of Chinese language and Literature
• Department of Journalism and Communication
• Department of Chemistry and Materials science
• Department of Tourism management
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Music
• Department of Art
• Department of Physical Education
• Department of Foreign languages
• Department of Mathematics and Computing sciences
• Department of Physical and Electronic information sciences
• Department of Life Science
• Department of Education Science

Rankings

As of 2023, the Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the university 15th in Hunan and 360th in nationwide.^[3] The university ranked # 2486 in the world out of nearly 30,000 universities worldwide by the University Rankings by Academic Performance 2021-2022.^[4]

Culture

• Motto: 厚德、博学、砺志、笃行

People

Notable alumni

• Zhong Daiying
• Zhang Qiuren
• Jiang Xianyun
• Huang Jingyuan
• Huang Kecheng
• Jiang Hua
• Tao Zhu
• Zhang Jingwu
• Zhang Pinghua
• Zhang Jichun
• Zeng Xisheng
• Tang Tianji
• Zhou Li
• Qin Guangrong
• Fan Fenfang
• Wu Yunfu