Central China Normal University (CNU) and Southwest University (SWU) are universities directly under the Ministry of Education. They are the highest representatives of ordinary schools in Southwest China and Central China respectively, and can be said to be universities specializing in training senior teachers in Southwest China and Central China. In addition, both universities are qualified to train students from public universities all over the country, and their brands are similar. They are all 2 1 1 engineering universities and world-class discipline construction universities.
Southwest University is a merger of Southwest Agricultural University and Southwest Normal University, both of which are powerful affiliated universities. The agricultural strength of Southwest University is not strong as a whole, but it is particularly prominent in individual projects, especially in sericulture, citrus, rapeseed oil and so on. The representative figure Zhong Huai is very strong. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural College and is a top sericulture expert in China. The masterpiece is the creation and research of silkworm genome. The representative of rapeseed oil is Li Jiana, an outstanding graduate of Southwest University.
Huazhong Normal University was originally called Huazhong Higher Normal School, and its level was not high, but it was upgraded to Huazhong Normal University after a slight expansion. Although the resources of several schools have been merged, the overall performance of the school is still good, but there is still a big gap compared with Southwest University. The former Southwest Normal University relied on the resources of Sichuan University, Chongqing University, xihua university and other universities.
Generally speaking, the comprehensive strength of Southwest University is better than that of Huazhong Normal University, which is absolutely beyond doubt. Southwest University is a merger of two different universities, which is superior to Huazhong Normal University in scale and discipline construction. In terms of regional influence, Southwest University is also superior to Huazhong Normal University.