Founded in 1997, Hunan International Economics University (HIEU) is one of the largest private universities in People's Republic of China, and has been ranked as one of the top three institutions among over 300 private universities in China by the China University Alumni Association for the past eight years. It is accredited as a four-year comprehensive university with the approval of the State Ministry of Education. HIEU is situated in Changsha City, a bustling city of seven million people and the capital of Hunan Province.

HIEU is an institution that strives to help students achieve their personal goals of becoming promising innovators and high achievers, and students at HIEU seamlessly make the transition to their professional careers under the tutelage of their lecturers. HIEU has a teaching staff of 1,700, among whom one third of them have got Ph.D. or Master’s degrees. Data from Mycos – (http://en.mycos.com/), a leading consulting firm specializing in research on employment trends and student satisfaction has shown that 95.5% of HIEU graduates are employed within 6 months of graduation; higher than the average of other universities in the same tier.

In addition to consistent exposure to world-class resources, best practices and world-renowned speakers which bring a new dimension to the learning experience, HIEU also has the distinction of being a member of the Laureate International Universities network which comprises 75 institutions in 29 countries with over 850,000 students. President Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States of America and the founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation, serves as the Honorary Chancellor of the Laureate International Universities.

Being a member of Laureate International Universities and joining the 27,000 students who have already made HIEU their home, HIEU has 11 different schools offering 34 undergraduate four-year bachelor programs and 14 three-year diploma programs.