Yuelu Academy, surviving the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, was converted into Hunan Institute of Higher Learning in1903, and Hunan Normal College, Hunan Public Polytechnic School in succession, and was finally named Hunan University in1926.

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