The best music conservatories in Changsha, Hunan include: Hunan College of Foreign Economics, School of Music of Xiangnan University, and Hunan City College.
1. Hunan University of Foreign Economics
Hunan University of Foreign Economics is a private undergraduate college approved by the Ministry of Education. In July 2021, the School of Music of Hunan University of Foreign Economics was rated as an advanced grassroots party organization in the education system of Hunan Province.
2. School of Music of Xiangnan University
The School of Music of Xiangnan University was founded in 1973. It is one of the earliest music departments established in local universities in Hunan Province. There are currently three undergraduate majors: musicology, dance, and broadcasting and hosting arts. As of April 2023, the school has two campuses, Wangxian and Beihu, covering an area of ??1,713 acres and a total construction area of ??752,200 square meters.
3. Hunan City University
The School of Music of Hunan City University was founded in 1974 and is a specialty college of Hunan City University. The School of Music currently offers two undergraduate majors: Musicology and Music Performance. There are 944 students in school.
Academic resources of Hunan City University
According to the school’s official website in July 2023, the library’s collection resources include approximately 2.52 million paper books and nearly 500 Chinese and foreign paper journals. There are 62 electronic literature databases, nearly 4.99 million master's and doctoral theses, more than 120,000 Chinese and foreign electronic journals, and more than 4.61 million available electronic books.
The academic journal "Journal of Hunan City University" is a comprehensive social science academic journal approved by the State Press and Publication Administration, managed by the Hunan Provincial Department of Education, and sponsored by Hunan City University. It is published bimonthly and is published and distributed at home and abroad. Mainly aimed at universities, research institutes and other academic research institutions, it publishes outstanding academic papers in the fields of humanities and social sciences.
It is a core journal of Chinese Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, a first-level journal in Hunan Province, one of the top 100 social science journals in the country, and one of the top ten journals of local universities in the country. The journal is included in the full text of CNKI, Wanfang Database, VIP Chinese Journal, and is included in the American "Chemical Abstracts", the American "Cambridge Scientific Abstracts", the Russian "Abstract Magazine", and the German "Journal of Mathematics".