Central China Normal University (CCNU) is a key comprehensive university under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education in China. As one of the universities on the list of "211 National Education Priority Project" and "Double First-Class" initiative, CCNU is recognized as an important base for cultivating brilliant talents for the country as well as a superior training center for excellent teachers in institutions of higher learning.

CCNU is among the first higher institutions in China entitled to offer doctoral and postgraduate degrees, and has already established a complete and optimized advanced education system ranging from undergraduate to graduate programs, from doctoral to post-doctoral programs, and from full-time to adult-education programs.

Currently, 3 disciplines of CCNU have been involved in the plan of first-class disciplines initiative. Besides, CCNU has owned 30 preponderant disciplines in the country?s construction plan of national first-class disciplines and 7 on the provincial first-class discipline construction list. Moreover, CCNU possess 67 scientific research institutions and laboratories. With professional scientific research advantages and excellent human resource, CCNU publishes 26 professional journals regularly, playing an important role in the development of science and education.