Yuelu Academy, surviving the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, was converted into Hunan Institute of Higher Learning in 1903, and Hunan Normal College, Hunan Public Polytechnic School in succession, and was finally named Hunan University in 1926.

• 岳麓书院自北宋开宝九年（976）正式创立以来，历经宋、元、明、清各代，至清光绪二十九年（公元1903年）改为湖南高等学堂，尔后相继改为湖南高等师范学校、湖南公立工业专门学校，1926年正式定名湖南大学。