Southwest University

Southwest University (Southwest University) is short for West University，Located in Chongqing，It is a university directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China，It is jointly built by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Chongqing Municipal People's Government，It is a world-class discipline construction university，It is ranked as the innovation platform of 211 Project and 985 Project superior disciplines，Selected in 111 plan, 2011 plan, Excellent agriculture and Forestry Talent Education and training Plan, excellent teacher Training Plan, 100 schools project, National high-level University public graduate Project, National College students Cultural quality Education Base，One of the seven universities offering free education to normal students，Pilot reform of independent selection and admission of colleges and universities nationwide，Chinese government scholarship receiving institutions，Founding member of Chongqing University Union。Southwest University was formed in 2005 by the merger of the former Southwest Normal University under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education and the former Southwest Agricultural University under the direct administration of the Ministry of Agriculture。The original two schools were built adjacent to each other, and both trace their origins to the East Sichuan Normal School, which was established in 1906。1936 It was renamed Sichuan Provincial Education College。In 1950, the Department of Normal Education and the Department of Agricultural Relations of Sichuan Provincial Education College were merged with the National Women's Normal College founded in 1940 and the private Xianghui Grammar College founded in 1946 to establish Southwest Normal College and Southwest Agricultural College。In 1985, the two schools were renamed Southwest Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University respectively。Since then, Chongqing Light Industry Staff University, Sichuan Animal Husbandry and Veterinary College, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Citrus Research Institute have been merged。 [1-2]
As of January 2020，The school covers an area of more than 9000 mu，Built Beibei campus, Rongchang campus, Xita College;37 Faculties (departments)，105 undergraduate programs;There are 25 post-doctoral research centers, 28 first-level doctoral programs and 51 first-level master's programs.3000 full-time teachers;There are more than 50,000 students in the school，Among them, nearly 40,000 ordinary undergraduates，There are more than 11,000 master's and doctoral students，There are more than 2,000 international students。