Chongqing Institute of Education is a full-time ordinary college founded by Chongqing Municipal People's Government, and was selected as one of the "Hundred Schools Project" in China. It is one of the application-oriented undergraduate colleges in the 13th Five-Year Plan 100, the first batch of pilot colleges in the "Cloud-Digital Integration Science and Education Innovation" project of the Ministry of Education, the member units of the National Universities of Applied Sciences League, the national college students' cultural quality education base, the first batch of transformation pilot colleges in Chongqing, the experimental zone of teacher education innovation in Chongqing, and the primary and secondary school teachers' development center in Chongqing.
The history of the school can be traced back to1the amateur training school for middle school teachers in Chongqing, which was established in March 1954.1in June 1973, it was renamed Chongqing Normal University. 1In July, 984, on the basis of Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing Education College was formed by merging the former Chongqing No.1 Normal University, Chongqing No.2 Normal University and Chongqing No.3 Normal University. On March 20 12, it was rebuilt as chongqing university of education with the approval of the Ministry of Education.