Expansion: Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, located in Chongqing, is a full-time undergraduate college sponsored by Chongqing Municipal People's Government and the first batch of pilot universities in China to reform the education and training plan for agricultural and forestry talents. Its predecessors, Chongqing Normal University and Yuzhou Institute of Education, were founded in 1976 and 1972 respectively. In May of 20001year, the two universities merged to form Chongqing Yuxi College; In April 2005, the school was renamed Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences.
In July 2022, official website showed that the school had two campuses, Honghe and Xinghu, covering an area of 1.767 mu, with a building area of 730,000 square meters, and a collection of 2.91.3 million books (including e-books), with a total value of teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment of 360 million yuan. 19 secondary colleges offer 66 undergraduate majors; Senior title 180 people, more than 400 deputy senior titles; There are more than 20,000 full-time undergraduates, nearly 50 international students and more than 500 joint graduate students. In 20021year, the school was officially approved as a master's degree awarding unit and was awarded three professional master's degree authorization points in machinery, materials, chemical engineering and agriculture.