Hunan First Normal University was founded in 1903 with the name of Hunan Faculty of Education, which was then among the only five normal academies in China. In 1912, it was renamed Hunan First Public Normal School,  then Hunan Provincial First Normal School in 1914, and eventually Hunan First Normal School after the foundation of P.R.C. In March, 2000, with the sanction of the PRC Ministry of Education, it was upgraded to a three-year normal college and then in April, 2008, to  a four-year undergraduate-level normal university with the current name. Based in Hunan, HNFNU is open to students all over the country with the mission of developing …