Southwest University's School of History and Culture (Institute for Nationalities) has a long history, and its predecessor can be traced back to the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Education and the Department of History and Geography of the National Women's Teachers College in the 1940s. Looking back at the history of the college, we can clearly see the hard work of outstanding scholars such as Wu Mi, Sun Peiliang, Deng and Wu Yujiang. Wu Mi, a master of Harvard University, has a good knowledge of Chinese and Western culture. 1955- 1957 teaches in the history department; Sun Peiliang, with a wide range of academic fields, is good at managing the history of West Asia, especially Iranian history, and is quite famous in the world history circle; Deng devoted his life to the study of cultural history and national history, and made great achievements. Wu Yujiang is famous for studying Mohism. Their profound knowledge, profound knowledge, enterprising spirit and lofty moral fashion, such as spring breeze and drizzle, have nourished generations of thirsty students, formed our good school-running tradition, and cast our school motto today-learning and thinking, Xiu De, knowing and doing to win.

The college has a postdoctoral research station in the first-class discipline of history and a doctoral degree authorization point in the first-class discipline of history in China; Authorization point for master's degree in world history and ethnology, and authorization right for master's degree in history education (including master's degree in normal universities). The history of China is a key first-class discipline in Chongqing.

The college consists of five departments: China History Department, World History Department, History Education Department, Anthropology and Ethnology Department, and Ethnic Education Department, as well as research institutions such as Historical Geography Institute, Historical and Cultural Research Center of the Anti-Japanese War Rear Area, West Asia Institute, Iranian Research Center, and Yu Youren Research Center. There are three undergraduate majors: history (normal school), history (research and application of Chinese studies) and ethnology, which undertake the basic intensive training of high-level backbone talents of ethnic minorities and the preparatory education for ethnic minorities. It has formed a multi-level school-running system for graduate students, undergraduates, preparatory students, network education and history education masters, and university teachers masters.

There are 70 faculty members, including 7 doctoral supervisors, 3 master supervisors, 9 professors, 29 associate professors, 32 doctors (including students) and 20 masters (including students). National social science fund evaluation expert 1 person, 2 talents supported by the Ministry of Education in the new century, first-class expert of "322 Key Talents Project" in Chongqing 1 person, and 9 academic and technical leaders in Chongqing. Two people won the Excellent Teacher Award of Ceng Xianzi Education Foundation, 1 person won the Excellent Young Teacher Award of Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation, and 1 person won the model of Chongqing's moral construction.

During the 11th Five-Year Plan period, the College undertook more than 100 scientific research projects at all levels, including the key research project of the Ministry of Education 1, the major cultural project of the State Council 1, the National Social Science Fund 12, and 36 other provincial and ministerial projects, with research funds of more than 6 million yuan. Published 2 academic monographs1department, published more than 400 academic papers, and won more than one provincial and ministerial social science outstanding achievement award 10.

The college continuously deepens the reform of education and teaching, actively innovates the talent training mode, and strives to improve the quality of talent training. It embodies the talent training characteristics of "integrating teachers with learning, cultivating students' innovative ability, attaching importance to ethnic education and serving people's livelihood", and has trained more than 5,300 doctors, masters and undergraduates, as well as more than 5,800 high-level backbone talents of ethnic minorities, and strengthened postgraduate students and pre-university students. The College has hired experts from South Korea and the United States to work in the College for many times, exchanged students with universities in the United States, Britain, South Korea, China, Hongkong and Taiwan Province, jointly trained master students and undergraduates with Northwest University, actively accepted loan students from universities such as zunyi normal College, Bijie College and Yangtze Normal University, and established a talent training model with extensive exchanges and cooperation with universities at home and abroad.