Hubei University of Arts and Science having history of more than 110 Years is predecessor of Xiangyang Normal College founded in 1905. In year 2000, Hubei College of Arts and Science merged into Xiangfan University. In 2011 Xiangfan University was renamed as Hubei University of Arts and Science. It has 15 secondary colleges, offering medical and non-medical programs. University has a teaching and administrative staff of 1537, 947 full-time teachers, including 120 professors and 312 associate professors. Library consists of 185.32 million copies of paper books and 2830GB electronic books. University has 50 various types of laboratories, 160 multimedia classrooms and 250 internal and external training bases. Xiangyang City Hospital is a (Affiliated Hospital of Hubei College of Arts and Sciences) was founded in 1949, is provincial regional medical center and has a total of construction area of 22 million square meters with 2956 beds; the hospital has a staff of 2952 peoples.