Though I have to say that once before I once hated being in Hunan University(mostly because of some political reasons and its bureaucratism atmosphore in some parts), I do want to list the points which make the university unique and a rocky place to live in.
Points to make it rock!
1.NO WALL!
Yes. The campus does not have any wall, which make it rather unique in Asian. There are many residential apartments in the campus and is also open for the tourists. Anyway, you will not feel like being put in a jail while studying here.
2.WOHOOO, TWO SUBWAY LINES!
Yes. It indeed has TWO SUBWAY LINES in the campus! Big vectory for railway trasportation lovers! You can take the subway from the school library to the school dormitory or just go to any other places in the city, to have lunch/dinner, to the airport or train station, or just find somewhere to have fun!
3.20 MINUTES TO DOWNTOWN!
Good news for shopping lovers, it is only 20 minutes to the shopping center in Changsha city. You can find many great resturants, big malls and luxury stores there.(also, many hot ladies and fashion young people!)
4.CITY SKYLINE!
Good news for urban lovers! You can have a good view of the skyline of Changsha city in some upper floors of some school buildings in the university.
5.FANTASTIC HEATED SWIMMING POOL!
Just need to pay a dinner’s price and you can go to the heated swmming pool to have a relax! Definitely a great place for swimming lovers and a good way to keep fit! Even better in the winter(feels like taking a bath in hot spring)
6.BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS!
Though I feel not so good about Changsha city itself, I have to acknowledge that Hunan University probablly has one of the most beautiful campus in the world!(if there are not so many people walking in the campus!) Some buildings in the campus are built in the 1930s, which make the campus a feeling of history. Also, there are many trees, and some mountains around the campus, you can always find clouds surrounded the mountain.
7.FRIENDLY PROFESSORS!
Yes, most of the professors are kind, warm hearted people who really care about their students! Though there are few jerks there, you can always find more professors there who are knowledgeable with colorful life experience, great passion to teach and time to listen to and help their students make success!
8.GROWNING REPUTATION!
The ranking of Hunan University is greatly rising these years.
According to the latest mainstream rankings(2021), it is ranked:
252 in USNEWS Best Global 2021,
401-500 in THE World 2021
201-300 in ARWU World 2020
601-650 in QS World 2020
Yes, it is not even at the top level but yes, it is growing these years! At least, not a bad place to do research!
9.FAST GROWING COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM!
The CS department here is not in the 1st tire of China, but also it is growing veeeery fast these years. Some of the top undergraduate students here go to some famous schools
like JHU, UT Austin, NYU, UCL, UTokyo, Tsinghua and Peking University to do their graduate studies! Some choose to go to some top tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Alibaba,
Tencent, Bytedance and Meituan to start their careers! So yes, you can surely find some talented students here.
According to CSRankings, it is ranked around 50 in Asia in general, 106 in the world from 2020 to 2021 (FAST GROWING!) , and about 55 in the world
for Embedded & real-time systems, and 56 in the world for Design automation.
10.DECENT DESIGN PROGRAM!
The school of design here is probablly one of the best design schools here! You can always meet some interesting creative students here full of energy! It is ranked 5 in design here according to the Chinese Ministry of Education! Some top undergraduate students go to URL, RCA, UW, CMU and Keio to do their further studies. Others do go to some top design companies to start their careers and also there are some alumnus who make great achievement in the field of design. (Regardless the fact that the design school may not as good as its ranking,) It is one of the top design schools here in any means!