South Central University for Nationalities


South Central University for Nationalities is a national university located in Hubei province's capital Wuhan, directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of PRC. It is a comprehensive university founded in 1951 and the former name was South Central College for Nationalities. In March 2002, the school adopted the current name. It is one of the six national higher education institutes for ethnic groups in China.

Development and honor

In recent years, SCUEC has made a steady and rapid development. It was graded as “excellence” in the undergraduate teaching assessment by the Ministry of Education in 2001. It developed from a college into a university and renamed into South-Central University for Nationalities in 2002. In September 2003, it became a university co-supported by the State of Ethnic Affairs and the Municipal Government of Wuhan. It won the honor as “Model Institute for National Ethnic Unity” in May 2005, awarded by the State Council. In 2006, SCUEC was again graded as “excellence” in the undergraduate teaching assessment. In 2008, it won the title “Model Institute” granted by the State of Ethnic Affairs, and the third prize for its great achievement in “The Higher Education Campus Culture Construction” granted by the Ministry of Education. For the last consecutive 10 years, it has been awarded for five times the honor of “Model Institute in Hubei Province.”
During the last six decades, more than 100,000 students graduated from SCUN.

Campus

South-Central University for Nationalities boasts a campus of 1500 mu, with construction area of 730,000 square meters, a modern-facilitated library with 2.8 million books and the first museum of ethnology in Chinese universities.

Staff and faculty

Key laboratories and research institutes