Shaoyang University

Coordinates: 27°12′13″N 111°26′11″E / 27.203496°N 111.436357°E / 27.203496; 111.436357

Shaoyang University (simplified Chinese: 邵阳学院; traditional Chinese: 邵陽學院; pinyin: Shàoyáng Xuéyuàn; sometimes abbreviated as SYU) is a university located in Shaoyang, Hunan, China.

As of fall 2013, the university has 3 campuses, a combined student body of 17,112 students, 776 faculty members, 330 staff members, and over 60,000 living alumni.

The university consists of 14 departments, with 45 specialties for undergraduates, 2 specialties for master's degree candidates.

At present, the university has 23 research institutions and research centres, including 1 provincial engineering research centre.

History

Jishou University was formed in 1958.

Academics

Shaoyang

Shaoyang (simplified Chinese: 邵阳; traditional Chinese: 邵陽; pinyin: Shàoyáng) is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Hunan province, People's Republic of China, bordering Guangxi to the south. Shaoyang has a history of 2500 years and remains an important commercial and transportation city in Hunan. It has a city area and 8 suburban counties, with a population of 7.6 million, the largest in Hunan province.

One of the major forest areas in Hunan, Shaoyang has a forest coverage of 42.7%. The 23,000,000 acres (93,000 km²) Nan Shan Pastures is one of the biggest in Southern China which provide dairy products and meat for Hunanese.

Shaoyang is home to Shaoyang University. The school is composed of former Shaoyang Normal College and Shaoyang College.

Shaoyang dialect of Lou Shao group of dialects of Xiang is spoken here.

Climate

Shaoyang has a monsoon-influenced, four-season humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with cool, damp winters, and hot, humid summers. Winter begins relatively dry but not sunny and becomes progressively damper and cloudier; spring brings both the most frequent and heaviest rain of the year. Summer is comparatively sunny, while autumn is somewhat dry. The monthly 24-hour average temperatures ranges from 5.2 °C (41.4 °F) in January to 28.2 °C (82.8 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 17.05 °C (62.7 °F). The annual precipitation is about 1,340 mm (53 in).