| Office1: | President of Hunan University |
| Term Start1: | February 1945 |
| Term End1: | June 1949 |
| Predecessor1: | Li Yuyao (Chinese: 李毓尧) |
| Successor1: | Yi Dingxin (Chinese: 易鼎新) |
| Term Start2: | September 1940 |
| Term End2: | August 1943 |
| Predecessor2: | Pi Zongshi |
| Successor2: | Li Yuyao |
| Term Start3: | October 1932 |
| Term End3: | December 1935 |
| Predecessor3: | Cao Dianqiu (Chinese: 曹典球) |
| Successor3: | Huang Shiheng |
| Office4: | President of Northwest University |
| Term Start4: | 28 November 1939 |
| Term End4: | 14 February 1941 |
| Predecessor4: | New title |
| Successor4: | Chen Shizhen (Chinese: 陈石珍) |
| Office5: | President of Chongqing University |
| Term Start5: | August 1935 |
| Term End5: | July 1938 |
| Predecessor5: | Liu Xiang |
| Successor5: | Ye Yuanlong |
| Office6: | President of Tongji University |
| Term Start6: | June 1929 |
| Term End6: | 1932 |
| Predecessor6: | Zhang Qun |
| Successor6: | Weng Zhilong (Chinese: 翁之龙) |
| Hu Shuhua | |
| Native Name: | 胡庶华 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Birth Date: | 24 December 1886 |
| Birth Place: | You County, Hunan, Qing China |
| Death Place: | Beijing, People's Republic of China |
| Party: | Kuomintang Chinese Communist Party |
| Occupation: | Politician, educator |
| Alma Mater: | Peking University Technische Universität Berlin |
Hu Shuhua (; 24 December 1886 – 17 June 1968) was a Chinese politician and educator.[1] [2]
Hu was a member of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Hu was born into a family of teachers in Chengguan Town of You County, Hunan, on December 24, 1886, during the Qing Empire. He attended Changsha Mingde School in 1903. In 1907, he was accepted to Imperial University of Peking (now Peking University) and graduated in 1911, where he majored in German language. After college, he taught at Hunan Higher Normal School and Changsha Mingde School. In 1903, he went to Germany to study at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin (now Technische Universität Berlin) by the expense of the government. In 1920, he joined the Kuomintang in Berlin.[1]
Hu returned to China in 1922. He became the president of Hunan University in 1923. In 1924, he became a professor at National Wuchang University. He was appointed as director of the Office of Education of Zhejiang government in 1925. In the spring of 1926, he was factory director of Shanghai Steel Plant. In 1927, he served as factory director of Hanyang Arsenal.
In June 1929, he served as president of Tongji University. In 1931, he was elected legislator of Legislative Yuan.
In 1932, he served as the president of Hunan University for the second time. He wrote the lyrics of Hunan University Song in 1933.[1]
In August 1935, he served as president of Chongqing University, and held that office until July 1938. He wrote the lyrics of Chongqing University Song in 1936.[1]
In November 1939, he was appointed president of Northwest University, and served until February 1941.[1]
Hu served as president of Hunan University from September 1940 to August 1943, and again February 1945 to June 1949.[1]
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), he became a professor at University of Science and Technology Beijing.[1]
He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1961.
During the Cultural Revolution, he suffered political persecution and experienced mistreatment by the Red Guards.
Hu died in Beijing, on June 17, 1968.[2]