Central South University is a national university of China located in Changsha, Hunan, central south of China. CSU was established in April 2000 on the basis of the amalgamation of three former individual universities, and is a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Double First Class University. CSU was established by approval of the State Council on April 29, 2000 by merging three separate universities: Hunan Medical University (HMU), Changsha Railway University (CRU), and Central South University of Technology (CSUT). HMU, formerly under the administration of the Ministry of Health, dates back to 1914 when Xiangya Medical College was founded through the joint efforts of Hunan Yuqun Society and the Yale-China Association.
