A Brief  Introduction

College  of Liberal Arts is one of the colleges which enjoys the longest history and  the greatest influence. It provides specialties including Chinese Language  and Literature, Talent Training Base for National Fundamental Discipline  (Chinese) and Chinese Secretary. This college has one Postdoctoral Research  Station in Chinese Language and Literature, two doctoral programs in which  Chinese Philology Chinese and Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, and  8 postgraduate programs covering Literature and Art, Ancient Chinese  Literature, Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Philology in Chinese,  Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Comparative Literature

and  World Literature, Chinese Teaching Theory of High School and Chinese  Classical philology. Among them, Philology in Chinese and Modern and  Contemporary Chinese Literature are key provincial disciplines, and Hunan  Cultural Studies is a key discipline of the university constructed under  "Project 211". College of Liberal Arts has also set up research  institutes of Chinese Literature, Classical Philology, Comparative Literature  and World Literature, Buddhist Language and Vernacular.
 College of Liberal Arts has 98 full-time teachers, among whom there are 32  professors, 39 associate professors, and has totally around 2,000  undergraduates and postgraduates. It is an important base and cradle where  talents in Chinese and Secretary are fostered.

Department &  Research Institute

-  Department of Chinese Linguistics and Literature
 - Department of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
 - Research Institute of Chinese Literature
 - Research Institute of Dialectology
 - Research Institute of Sutras' Language
 - Research Institute of Comparative Literature and World Literature
 - Research Institute of Classical Literature

Characteristic  Majors, Disciplines and Key Research Fields

-  Chinese Modern History and Contemporary History
 - Chinese Language Study
 - Chinese Modern Literature and Contemporary Literature
 - Huxiang Culture Study