Sichuan Normal University, referred to as Sichuan Normal University for short, is located in Chengdu, a famous national historical and cultural city with the reputation of "Land of Abundance", and is a key construction university in the basic capacity building project of universities in central and western China. It has been selected into Sichuan Province's "Excellent Teacher Training Plan", "Sichuan 20 1 1 Plan", "Excellent Legal Talents Training Plan" and "Excellent Engineer Education Training Plan". It is the earliest provincial-level key university with the longest running history among normal universities in Sichuan Province, and it is also the cradle for training teachers in Sichuan Province and even the southwest region.
The school was founded in 1946, and its birth has a direct historical origin with Northeastern University. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, Northeastern University moved to Santai County, Sichuan Province. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Northeastern University moved back to Shenyang, and teachers and students from Liuchuan founded the North Sichuan College of Agriculture and Industry. 1949, Xishan College was absorbed and renamed as North Sichuan University; 1950 merged with North Sichuan College of Literature and moved to Nanchong City, Sichuan Province. 1952 Sichuan Normal University was established with North Sichuan University as the main body, and some majors of East Sichuan Institute of Education (Rural Construction College), Sichuan University and West China University were merged. 1964 The former Chengdu University (now Southwestern University of Finance and Economics) was merged into the school. 1985, approved by the State Education Commission, was renamed Sichuan Normal University. 1999, Chengdu Coal Cadre Management College of the former Ministry of Coal was merged into the school. School 1979 was approved as the first batch of master's authorized units in China, and was approved as a doctor's authorized unit in 2006.