Sichuan University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and the Central Government of People's Republic of China (PRC). Ranked among the national "double-class", "21project" and "985 project", and selected for "Everest Plan", "201plan" and "16544".

This university is a member of the Dean's Association of China Graduate School, a member of the medical "double first-class" construction alliance, and an independent college. It is a high-level research-oriented comprehensive university with national layout and key construction in the west.