Changsha University of Science and Technology(CSUT; simplified Chinese: 长沙理工大学; traditional Chinese: 長沙理工大學; pinyin: Chángshā Lǐgōng Dàxué) is located in Changsha, a historic and cultural city in Hunan province, central south of China. The university is one of the largest in China, and it is a key provincial university of Hunan province. Changsha University of Science & Technology (CUST) is an engineering-centered multidisciplinary university integrating engineering, science, management, economics, liberal arts and law, with strong disciplinary advantages and prominent features in the industries of communications, electric power and water conservancy. The university is jointly established by the Central Government and Hunan Provincial Government, mainly under the administration of Hunan Province. The university is located on Jinpenling and Yuntang Campuses, with an area of 210.56 hectares (equivalent to 3158.4mu) and a total floor space of 1173000 square meters. The university has a collection of more than 3,628,700 books and a Gigabit Backbone Networking system. The multimedia classrooms and language laboratories can seat 16,642students.