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About HNIEU
Hunan International Economics University, founded in May 1997, is a privately-run regular university which is funded by Hunan Falcon Industrial Limited Company. It originated from Xiangnan Institute of Arts and Science in Chenzhou City, Hunan province. In 1998, the university moved to the State high-tech industry development zone in Changsha, and changed its name to “Hunan International Economics University”. In 2000, Hunan provincial People's Government authorized it to be a private technical college, and was brought into the state plan for enrollment. In 2005, it was upgraded to a four-year university with the approval of Ministry of Education and Hunan Provincial People’s Government. It was rated in succession among the top ten famous private universities with ten thousand students, top twenty comprehensive private universities in China, winning the titles of “the National May Fourth Red Flag League Committee”, “Advanced Unit of Self-discipline Honest Development of Private Non-enterprise Units in China”, “Private educational innovation and development contribution award of China”, “Top Twenty Private Universities’ Quality Education in China”, “Top Ten Honest Private Universities in Hunan”, “Top Ten Hunan Private honest Unit”, “Top Ten Hunan Private Universities” and so on. It ranked the second best private university in China in 2006 and became one of the youngest and most promising private universities.

The university covers a land area of 1700 mu with a construction area of 530000 square meters. Its total property is more than 1 billion Yuan. There are two campuses. The main campus is situated in the state high-tech industry zone in Changsha, with a land area of 1700 mu, and a construction area of 460000 square meters. The Qinshuihu campus is located in Taizimiao town, Hanshou County, Changde City, with an area of 6000 mu, of which there is 3000 mu of land area and 3000 mu of water area.

Now there are 25000 various levels of students in our university, 1560 teaching and staff workers, of whom 1024 are teachers. Among the 946 full-time teachers, 64 are professors, 126 are associate professors, 213 teachers are with doctor's deg
ree or master’s degree, 10 are foreign teachers, 14 experts win the special allowance of the State Council, mainly made up of full professors and associate professors, forming a stable teaching team.

There are 86 laboratories of various kinds, among which computer, electronics, economics laboratories have reached advanced level in our country. The library of the university has a collection of 1.7 million volumes, including 1.08 million paper volumes and 0.62 million electronic volumes.1746 periodicals of various kinds and teaching instrument equipments are worth 68.5 million yuan in all.

There are 13 departments, including Commercial Department, Foreign languages and Literature Department, Management Department, Mechanical Engineering Department, etc, offering English, Chinese, Japanese, Music, art, cartoon, sports, marketing, science of law, science of accounting, computer science, international economics and trade, mathematics and applied mathematics, industrial and commercial management, material-forming and controlling project, electronic information project, communication project, industrial design and tourism management, etc., totaling 19 4-year majors and 34 3-year majors. These
majors basically form the chief characteristic of international economics and management. The university stresses the construction on computer, electronics, and communication and other science majors, and makes balanced development of majors related to language, law and art.

The University practices the responsibility system under which the president takes charge of the whole work under the leadership of the Board of directors. Professor Zhang Chuting, famous educator, doctoral tutor, and former president of Hunan Normal University, is president of the university.

“Goodness, Beauty, Self-Reliance and Self-Strength” is the motto of the university, which motivates students to persistently pursue truth, goodness and beauty. The university adheres to the three principles of running a school, they are “General e
ducation and professional education develop simultaneously”, “Scale and quality develop harmoniously”, “The school is run by honesty and sincerity”, which help it achieve normal and stable development. Meanwhile, the university persists in putting teaching in the central place and raises 9-character slogan – “Let students really learn the things” and an 8-character guide principle of work style, namely, “Equality, Respect, Responsibility, Efficiency”, and takes building life-long HIEU as its long-term ideal of running schools.

The university attaches great importance to the construction plans for key subjects and courses. International trade is defined as an important construction subject of Hunan Province, while the four areas (foreign languages and applied linguistics, computer software and theory, signal and information treatment, and art design) are defined as key subjects of the university. Golf skill training is defined as a core course of the provinc
e. Basic computer application and English are defined as major courses of the university with a view to improving students’ practical ability in these aspects. Every major has more than 2 core courses which contain at least one skill course. Recently, the school has sped up the pace writing and compiling textbooks and published 153 self-edited textbooks. Among them, the Golf textbook filled in domestic blanks.

The university insists on the principle of “teaching guiding research and research promoting teaching”. As a result, research work has reaped good achievements. Science 1999,the teachers have published about 200 works of various kinds. Besides, the school has won one publication award on national level. More than 500 articles have been published,20 of which were recorded in SCI or EI. Over 80 research projects have been registered ministerial or provincial departments. The school has won 60 prizes of teaching and research, of which there are 1 at national level, 6 at provincial level, 36 of second-grade or third-grade,
and 23 of department-grade or bureau-grade.
The university promotes the teaching mode of “foreign language, specialty skills and pioneering quality”, setting up the mode of “wide foundation” and “flexible model” based on the principle of “strengthening posts”, “profound knowledge” and “stressing practice”. The school lays great emphasis on cultivating the students’ practical ability and creative power, and has established an occupational training center, offering more than 40 kinds of training. It provides good conditions for students to acquire educational diplomas and get English certificates, computer certificates, driving licenses and related occupational qualifications. In order to create good circumstances for practice, the school has invested huge sums of money to set digital-control model practice base, drive training base, vehicle fixing training base,five-star hotel training base,golf course, golf training ground, air service training base and so on. For the outstanding ability of practice and initiative, our graduates are deeply welcomed by society and the employment rate maintain above 95%. Thus,Hunan province department of education honor or school as “advanced college of high employment rate in Hunan ".


Recently,our students have acquired many prizes at national levels, including 1 prize,7 first-class prizes,9 second-class prizes on different fields. Besides,they have won several prizes at provincial levels, including 1 special-class prize,28 first-class prizes, 35 second-class prizes, 47 third-class prizes.

Hunan International Economics University is growing up and going forward. Currently,all faculty and students are united,moving forward, striving for building “External HIEU, Top-class HIEU”.
 

Mailing Address: Hunan International Economics University, LuGu Development Zone
Changsha, Hunan, China
Zip Code:410205 Tel:0731-8100988 Fax:0731-8101999