Central South Forestry University of Science and Technology

Central South Forestry University of Science and Technology

 

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Introduction to Central South Forestry University of Science and Technology

Central South Forestry University of Science and Technology (中南林业科技大学, website), founded in 1958, is located in Changsha, a famous historical and cultural city in China. It is a key construction University of Hunan Provincial People’s government and State Forestry and grassland administration. In 2012, it was selected into the National Central and western infrastructure capacity building project.

One of its predecessors is Hunan Forestry College, which was founded in 1958. In 1963, under the cordial care of the older generation of proletarian revolutionist Comrade Tao Zhu, Hunan Forestry College moved from Changsha to Guangzhou and merged with the Forestry Department of South China Agricultural College (now South China Agricultural University) to form the Central South Forestry College. Comrade Tao Zhu personally determined the school site, sketched the blueprint and inscribed the name of the school. In 1970, the Central South Forestry College and South China Agricultural College were merged to establish Guangdong agricultural and Forestry College. In 1974, the school moved from Guangzhou to Xupu County, Hunan Province and changed its name to Hunan Forestry College. In 1978, the name of Zhongnan Forestry College was restored, which was directly under the administration of the Ministry of forestry of the people’s Republic of China. In 1981, the school moved to Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province. In 2000, the school was transformed into a province ministry joint construction. In 2003, the main body of the school moved to Changsha, achieving a historic return. In 2005, the Ministry of Education officially approved the school to be renamed Zhongnan University of forestry science and technology. In 2006, the University and the former Hunan Economic Management Cadre College merged to form the new Central South Forestry Science and Technology University.

Adhering to the school motto of “seeking truth and innovation, trees and people” and the core value of “inclusiveness, honesty, perseverance and fairness”, the university has worked hard and persevered, accumulated rich experience in running a school, formed distinctive characteristics of running a school, and become a nine university discipline including science, engineering, agriculture, literature, economics, law, management, teaching and art, with a post doctoral mobile station and a wealth of knowledge It is a multi-disciplinary teaching and research university with the right of awarding scholar’s degree and the right of deducting master’s degree. More than 200000 senior professionals have been trained for the country.

The university has been selected as the first-class university in Hunan Province. One first-class discipline (Forestry) was approved as the first-class construction discipline in Hunan Province, and five first-class disciplines (biology, ecology, forestry engineering, food science and engineering and Landscape Architecture) were approved as the first-class cultivation discipline in Hunan Province. Now it has 5 post doctoral research flow stations, 6 first-class discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 18 first-class discipline master’s degree authorization points, 15 master’s degree authorization categories; 2 national key disciplines, 3 national key (cultivation) disciplines, 5 national forestry and grassland bureau key (cultivation) disciplines; 75 undergraduate disciplines, 7 national management disciplines, 5 national characteristic specialties Industry and 13 characteristic specialties of Hunan Province, 9 key specialties of Hunan Province; 2 national excellent courses, 15 provincial excellent courses.

There are 1581 full-time teachers in the school, including 252 professors (senior high school), 684 associate professors (senior high school), 90 doctoral supervisors and 500 masters supervisors. There are 4 academicians in double employment, 2 distinguished professors / Lecture professors in the Yangtze River scholars award program, 2 leading talents in the national “ten thousand talents program”, 2 candidates in the national “one million talents project”, 1 national young and middle-aged leading talents in science and technology innovation, 2 discipline evaluation members of the academic degree committee of the State Council, 1 national expert with outstanding contributions, 1 national outstanding professional and technical talents One national outstanding agricultural research talent, one national excellent youth fund winner, two National May 1st labor medal winners, 45 people enjoying special government allowance of the State Council, three national excellent teachers, one national excellent educator, two China Youth Science and technology award winners, one China Youth Talent trust project, 18 experts with outstanding contributions at provincial and ministerial levels 22 provincial and ministerial level cross century academic and technical leaders, 7 specially appointed / Lecture professors of “Hibiscus scholars” in Hunan Province, 10 “hundred talents plan” in Hunan Province, 38 “new century 121 Talents Project” in Hunan Province, 5 “New Century Excellent Talents Training Plan” in Ministry of education, 2 “Huo Yingdong Education Fund Award”, 2 “leading talents in science and technology in Hunan Province, and” Huxiang “in Hunan Province There are 6 young talents, 1 national innovation team in key fields and 8 provincial and ministerial innovation teams.
The school has 1 national field science observation and research station, 2 national engineering laboratories, 1 national and local joint engineering research center, 2 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 1 National virtual simulation experimental teaching center, 1 Key Laboratory of the Ministry of education, 3 2011 collaborative innovation centers of Hunan Province, 8 key laboratories and Engineering technology research centers of the State Forestry and grassland administration (Testing Center), observation and research station and long-term scientific research base, 2 national forestry and grassland Bureau innovation alliance, 1 National Science and technology special commissioner training base of State Forestry and grassland Bureau in Changsha, 19 provincial key (Engineering) laboratories, 7 provincial engineering (Engineering Technology) research centers, 3 provincial production University research cooperation demonstration bases, 1 Industrial Design Center of Hunan Province, 1 Special College of Hunan Province Think tank with industrial characteristics, 4 research bases (centers) of philosophy and Social Sciences in Colleges and universities of Hunan Province, and 6 experimental teaching centers in Hunan Province. There are 96 school level scientific research institutions.

Since the 12th Five Year Plan, the school has won three second prizes of national science and technology progress award. Since the 13th five year plan, it has won one national innovation award, one Hunan Guangzhao science and technology award, one first prize of science and Technology Progress Award (Science and Technology) of the Ministry of education, two first prizes of Liangxi forestry science and technology award, six first prizes of Hunan Natural Science Award and Science and technology progress award, one national excellent achievement award of education science research, and other provincial and ministerial awards 31 level awards. The university has undertaken more than 2200 scientific research projects, including 179 national level projects, which have achieved breakthroughs in national key R & D projects, major projects, key projects, excellent youth projects and key projects of National Social Science Fund. It has 631 authorized patents, including 424 invention patents. He has published more than 1500 papers in SCI, EI, SSCI, CSSCI and important (authoritative) journals selected by the University, and 76 academic monographs. The university has published academic journals such as journal of Central South Forestry University of science and technology, Journal of Central South Forestry University of science and Technology (SOCIAL SCIENCE EDITION), economic forest research, furniture and interior decoration. Among them, Journal of Central South Forestry University of science and technology is China’s top quality science and technology journal, RCCSE China’s authoritative academic journal and CSCD core library source journal, science of Central South Forestry University of science and technology Journal and economic forest research are the core journals of Chinese language and science and technology in China. Journal of Central South Forestry University of science and Technology (SOCIAL SCIENCE EDITION) is the core journal of a journal of Chinese Academy of social sciences.

The university has the qualifications to recruit students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and foreign students. It has established cooperative relations with 90 universities and research institutions in 22 countries and regions, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Austria, Italy, Australia, India, Japan, South Korea, etc. In 2013, it was approved to establish Bangor college, the first Sino foreign cooperative school in Hunan Province, jointly held with Bangor University of England. The level of education internationalization has reached a new level. In recent years, the university has studied nearly 400 foreign students and sent more than 750 foreign students to other countries.

The school has graduate school and 24 teaching units. At present, there are more than 30000 full-time students in school, including 26000 undergraduates and junior college students, and more than 4000 doctoral and postgraduate students. The campus covers an area of 1388 mu, with a teaching and scientific research experimental practice base covering an area of more than 70000 mu (North Luoxiao National Forest Park, Hunan Province). The total building area of the school building is 705000 square meters, the total fixed assets is more than 1.857 billion yuan, the total teaching and scientific research equipment is more than 424 million yuan, and the total number of existing documents in the library is 14.19 million, including 2.326 million printed documents, 2.0109 million e-books, 9.1669 million doctoral and master’s papers, and 81770 e-journals. It has 60 databases of various literature resources (134 sub databases). The school is a national green model unit and one of the first batch of building energy-saving demonstration colleges and universities in China. The campus environment is elegant and tree lined. The school has more than 60% green coverage and more than 1100 kinds of plants. It is an international union of botanical garden protection unit.

Facing the future, the school will focus on the development strategy of “reshaping the central and southern forests”, keep watch on “one core”, promote “two major constructions”, rebuild “three ecology”, implement “four guarantees”, adhere to “quality based school, discipline based school, talent based school and culture based school”, consolidate the school running characteristics of “ecology and forestry”, unswervingly adhere to the connotation development and The road of characteristic development strives to build a well-known, distinctive and multi-disciplinary high-level teaching and Research University in China!

 

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