University to launch matchmaking website

A Hunan university will launch an internal matchmaking website for students in March, to help postgraduates find their Mr or Mrs Right, Xiaoxiang Morning Post reported.

Zhang Yaoxue, president of Central South University, came up with the idea after two female students complained to him that it was too difficult to find a boyfriend.

The website will be finished this month and put in operation in early March.

Bai Yi, head of the university's graduate work department, said they have consulted students for ideas about how to set up the website.

The website will also be a platform for off-line matchmaking activities.

Bai said the website will only be available for the university's postgraduate students first and will be open to undergraduates and even to students of other universities if it does well.

There is a serious gender imbalance among postgraduates at the university, with males making up to 61 percent of the student population.