In Hunan, Central South University of Forestry and Technology is an ordinary one. In front of it, Huda University, Zhongda University and Hunan Normal University are the three better universities in Hunan. Changsha University of Science and Technology and Hunan Agricultural University seem to be in the top position, so Central South University of Forestry and Technology can rank in the top ten in Hunan, ranking seventh.

Central South University of Forestry and Technology was founded in 1958, located in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It is a provincial-level key university established by the State Forestry and Grassland Bureau and the Hunan Provincial People's Government. It is the first provincial university with a graduate school in Hunan Province, formerly known as Central South Forestry College, in December 25.

This school is a basic capacity building project for universities in the central and western regions, an excellent agricultural and forestry talent education and training plan, a key discipline project with national characteristics, and a university planned to be built in Hunan Province in 211. It has built Hunan Beiluoxiao National Forest Park and Hunan Green Development Research Institute, covering nine disciplines, including science, engineering, agriculture, literature, economics, law, management, teaching and art. It has the right to post-doctoral research, confer doctoral degrees and promote and exempt graduate students. In 1963, under the direct care of the former Chinese people and Tao Zhu, the first secretary of the Central South Bureau, Vice Premier of the State Council, Hunan Forestry College moved to Guangzhou and merged with the Forestry Department of South China Agricultural College to form Central South Forestry College, which was directly under the management of the State Forestry Department.

Since the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the school has undertaken more than 4,2 scientific research projects at all levels, with an average annual scientific research funding of 1 million yuan, including 238 national scientific research projects such as the National Science and Technology Support (Key R&D) Program, the National Natural Science Foundation, the National Social Science Foundation, and major projects of the national forestry public welfare industry, and 1,154 provincial and ministerial projects. Won the second prize of national scientific and technological progress, 1 national innovation first prize, 67 provincial and ministerial scientific research achievement awards, including 1 first prizes; He won 1 national teaching achievement award, 2 national third prizes for outstanding achievements in educational scientific research, 2 first prizes, 5 second prizes and 13 third prizes for provincial teaching achievements, 3 first prizes and 1 third prize for outstanding achievements in educational scientific research. There are more than 1,5 authorized invention patents, utility models, designs and software copyrights, including more than 46 invention patents; He has published more than 8, academic papers and more than 22 monographs and teaching materials. The school has published academic journals such as Journal of Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Economic Forest Research, Furniture and Interior Decoration, etc. Among them, Journal of Central South University of Forestry and Technology was selected as the "Fourth China Fine Science and Technology Journal", and the impact factors of Economic Forest Research ranked first in the national horticulture and forestry journals.