Central South University of Forestry and Technology

28°08′21″N 112°59′31″E / 28.13921°N 112.991924°E / 28.13921; 112.991924

Central South University of Forestry and Technology (CSUFT; 中南林业科技大学), also known as Linkeda (林科大), is a full-time public university in Changsha, Hunan, China. It is sponsored by the Hunan Provincial People's Government and co-built by the provincial government and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. The university traces its origins to forestry and agricultural institutions established in 1911, and today is a comprehensive research university with a traditional strength in forestry and ecological disciplines alongside engineering, science, management, economics, law, literature and arts. CSUFT is one of the earliest institutions in Hunan to enroll graduate students after the restoration of China’s graduate education system, the first provincial university in Hunan to establish a graduate school, and a university with the right to recommend outstanding undergraduates for exemption from entrance examinations to graduate programs. The university has been selected for several national and provincial initiatives, including Midwestern Higher Education Infrastructure Construction Project, the Characteristic Key Disciplines Program, the State Construction High-Level University Public Graduate Program, the first cohort of pilot universities in the Excellent Agricultural and Forestry Talents Education and Training Program, and the Hunan “2011 Plan”. It is designated as Hunan Province's “Double First-Class Construction institution.