Shaoyang University (Chinese: 邵阳学院; pinyin: Shàoyáng Xuéyuàn; lit. 'Shaoyang College') is a provincial public college in Shaoyang, Hunan, China. Despite its English name, the school has not been granted university status. The college is under the Hunan Provincial Department of Education.

Shaoyang University was formed in 1958.

• Department of Economic Administration
• Department of Politic and Low
• Department of Physical
• Department of Chinese Language and Literature
• Department of Foreign Languages
• Department of Music
• Department of Artistic Designing
• Department of Science and Information Science
• Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering
• Department of Architecture and Urban Planning
• Department of Machinery and Energy Engineering
• Department of Electric Engineering
• Department of Information Engineering
• Department of Accounting

Shaoyang University's total collection reaches to more than 1.51 million items.

• Motto: 明德求真，共生超越

• Li Guojie, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Jiang Dawei, honorary professor.
• Justin Hill, English author, taught here from 1998-9 and 2005-6, when he received the 2005 Xiaoxiang Friendship Award from the Governor of Hunan. His prize-winning novel, The Drink and Dream Teahouse, was set in Shaoyang.^[2]

• Official website (in Chinese)