Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
| 中南财经政法大学 | |
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Former names
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Zhongyuan University |
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| Motto | 博文明理，厚德济世 |
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Motto in English
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Learned, Rational, Virtuous, Devoted |
| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1948 |
| Chairman | Zhang Zhonghua (张中华) |
| President | Yang Canming (杨灿明) |
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Academic staff
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1,173 |
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Administrative staff
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2517 |
| Students | more than 30,000 |
| Undergraduates | about 20,000 |
| Postgraduates | about 6,400 |
| about 650 | |
| Location |
Wuhan, Hubei,  People's Republic of China
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| Campus | Shouyi Campus and Nanhu Campus |
| Sports | Women Basketball; Men Soccer |
| Nickname | ZUEL, Zhongnanda (Central South Univ.), Zhongnancaida (Central South University of Finance) |
| Website | www.znufe.edu.cn |
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (simplified Chinese: 中南财经政法大学; traditional Chinese: 中南財經政法大學); abbreviation ZUEL; colloquially known by the Chinese as zhōng nán cái dà Chinese: 中南财大) is a national key university located in Wuhan, China. It is one of the top 10 specialist finance, economic and juristic universities under direct administration of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It is designated as one of the 211 Project institutions and listed in the 985 Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines Project by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law was founded in 1948 as Zhongyuan University (中原大学, University of Central China), whose financial department later merged with the economic and financial departments from Wuhan University, Sun Yat-sen University, etc., to form the Central South Institute of Finance (later it became the Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics, 中南财经大学) and whose law department merged with other schools' to form the Central South Institute of Law (中南政法学院). The two universities were subsequently merged and separated throughout the Cultural Revolution and finally merged again to form the university today.
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law comprises 19 schools, 51 undergraduate programs, 104 master programs, 57 doctoral programs, 6 post-doctoral programs, 1 key research base of humanities at the state level, 4 key disciplines at the state level, 10 key research bases of humanities at the provincial level, 19 key disciplines at the ministerial and provincial level.
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