Sichuan University of Arts and Sciences, located in Dazhou, a land of abundance in eastern Sichuan, dates back to Longshan Academy in the late Qing Dynasty. It started higher education on 1976, and was called Daxian Teachers College.
1978 was approved by the State Council as a full-time general college, which was renamed Daxian Teachers College and Daxian Teachers College.
In February 2006, it became an undergraduate college with the approval of the Ministry of Education, and it is the only ordinary undergraduate college in East Sichuan.