The School of Foreign Languages of Central South University was formed in April 2000 by the merger of the former School of Foreign Languages of Changsha Railway University, the School of Foreign Languages of Central South University of Technology and the Department of Foreign Languages of Hunan Medical University. With a history of more than 50 years since its inception in 1972, the school has developed into an innovative, high-level foreign language education and research school with profound cultural heritage, a strong educational team, complete teaching facilities, rich academic resources, excellent social services, extensive international cooperation, and excellent quality.
Strong teaching staff. Guided by the "four features" and "four guides", the College has continuously strengthened the construction of teachers and education teams, forming a well-structured and high-quality teaching team and education collective. As of December 31, 2023, the College has more than 200 faculty members, including 24 professors and 81 associate professors, 1 senior translator of the Translators Association of China, 1 member of the National Translation Teaching Committee, 1 vice president and Secretary general of the National first-level Association, 3 executive directors of the National first-level Association, 2 vice presidents of the national second-level association, 8 executive directors and 8 directors of the National second-level Association. 1 Excellent young and middle-aged translator of China Translation Association, 1 former Chief translator of the Ministry of Railways, 1 European Union certified (JICS) co-interpreter, 1 academic leader of Hunan University, and 1 excellent social science expert of Hunan Province. In the course of running the school for a long time, the school has emerged a group of famous foreign language educators, such as Professor Shen Baoji, a famous translator, poet and pioneer of French literature research; Professor Yang Shoukang, one of the pioneers and senior translators of Chinese science and technology translation; Professor Xiao Liming, one of the initiators and founders of the Comparative Study of English and Chinese and a famous scholar; French translator Professor She Xiebin and other outstanding representatives of the older generation. Generation after generation, the academic pursuit and professional style of the Central and South Chinese foreign language speakers who devote themselves to academic study, education, enthusiasm for profession and loyalty to career have been inspiring the faculty and staff of the school .
Integrated development of disciplines. The school has English Department, French Department, Japanese Department, Spanish Department, University Foreign Language Education Center, MTI Education Center, Language Teaching Experiment Center (Language and Culture Learning and Exchange Center), foreign language Examination and Training Center. It offers four majors, English, French, Japanese and Spanish, and is the designated unit of the "Diplomatic talent selection" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The English major is a national first-class undergraduate major construction point. There are doctoral and master's programs in the first-level discipline of foreign languages and literature, and the first-level doctoral program consists of four fields: foreign Linguistics and applied Linguistics, foreign literature, translation studies, comparative literature and cross-cultural studies. The master's program in first-level disciplines consists of four second-level disciplines: Foreign Linguistics and applied Linguistics, English Language and Literature, French Language and Literature, and Japanese Language and literature, among which foreign linguistics and applied Linguistics and English Language and literature are the key disciplines of Hunan Province.
The platform is rich in resources. The college is the secretariat unit and affiliated unit of the National first-level Association of China English-Chinese Comparative Research Association, and the chairman of the Hunan University Foreign Language Education Steering Committee. It is one of the first 9 institutions in China to have a master's degree in translation and interpretation at the same time. The academic journal "Foreign Language and Translation" has a high reputation in the industry. The College has four provincial-level research bases and think tanks: Hunan Humanities and Social Science Research Base - Translation Research Base, Hunan ASEAN Culture Research and Exchange Center, Hunan Foreign Cultural Exchange and International Language Environment Construction Research Center, Hunan Zhuao Zhonghua Ethnic Community Consciousness Culture Translation and External Communication Research Base. The college has a rich internship and practice platform, and signed joint training agreements with 23 units such as Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Museum, Hunan Provincial Council for the Promotion of International Trade, China Daily, Global Network, China Power Construction Central South Survey and Design Research Institute, English World, Hunan Museum, Longping High-tech, Yizhu Technology, Zoomlion, Provincial Children's Hospital, and "Chinese Bridge" base.
The quality of personnel training is excellent. The school has always adhered to the socialist direction of running a school, adhering to the school motto of "applying the economy to the world, combining knowledge and practice", adhering to the school philosophy of "ideological guidance, value shaping, knowledge imparting, ability training and wisdom enlightenment", insisting on cultivating virtues and cultivating talents, and continuously promoting teaching reform. In recent years, the school has built 6 national first-class courses and 15 provincial first-class courses. He has won two grand prizes in the National Curriculum Ideological and Political Competition, and strives to educate the Party and the country. In the past 50 years, he has trained more than 12,000 foreign language professionals. The graduates are distributed in various fields such as education, culture, politics and economy, management, scientific research, management and diplomacy, and have made extraordinary contributions to the cause of socialist modernization of China in different jobs.
College mission: Mingde enlightening wisdom to cultivate people
College Value: Integration of Chinese and foreign Boya Rixin Public Office Jingyi Avenue to Jian
College vision: world-class foreign language education college with distinctive features
Address: School of Foreign Languages, Central South University, No.932, Lushan South Road, Changsha City, Hunan Province
Postcode: 410083
Contact number: 0731-88879371