As of May 20 14, the College has 1 provincial research bases of philosophy and social sciences, 1 provincial innovation teams of philosophy and social sciences, and 3 university-level research institutes.

Yunnan province philosophy and social science research base: Yunnan Yi people's historical culture and social development research base.

Yunnan province philosophy and social science innovation team: Yunnan Yi people's social and cultural change research team, teacher education model innovation research team.

Scientific research achievements:

From 2003 to 20 13, the college published more than 100 academic papers, teaching research and literary works 1000, and published more than 40 monographs and teaching materials. By the end of 20 13, the National Natural Science Foundation of China had selected 7 projects 17.