Its Chemistry, Mathematics, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Design, Computer Science and Technology, Applied Economics, International Trade and Business Administration programs are some of its strongest.[14] The university has eight disciplines in the top 1% of the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) ranking released by Clarivate, including mathematics, mechanical engineering, physics, materials science, biology and biochemistry and computer science and among which engineering science and chemistry have entered the top 0.1% globally.[15][16] In October 2020, Hunan University has been selected as the National Intellectual Property Demonstration University among the first batch of 30 demonstration universities by the China National Intellectual Property Administration and the Ministry of Education of China.[17]