Key universities that are neither 985 nor 2 1 1 include Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Northeast Li Dian University, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, south university of science and technology of china, Xiangtan University, Central Academy of Drama, Hebei University of Technology, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Liaoning University of Engineering Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Shenyang Agricultural University and Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology. Southwest University of Political Science and Law is located in Chongqing. It is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, the earliest institution of higher learning in politics and law in New China, the first batch of national key universities after the reform and opening up, and the first batch of national excellent legal talents education and training plan bases. The first batch of national college students' cultural quality education bases, scholarships for overseas students from China government, basic capacity building projects of universities in central and western regions of China, public graduate programs of national high-level universities, key disciplines with national characteristics, new engineering research and practice projects, universities implementing the national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, and independent enrollment pilot universities. Chongqing is a first-class discipline construction university, with law as the main discipline and coordinated development of economics, literature, management, philosophy, engineering and other disciplines. It is known as the "National Southwest Associated University" for law education in New China.

The school, formerly known as Southwest People's Revolutionary University, was founded in 1950, with Marshal Liu Bocheng as the principal. 1953, based on the Department of Political Science and Law of Southwest People's Revolutionary University, merged the then Chongqing University Law School, Sichuan University Law School, Chongqing University of Finance and Economics Law Department, Guizhou University Law Department and Yunnan University Law Department to formally establish Southwest University of Political Science and Law. Mr. Guo Moruo inscribed the name of the college, and the first president was General Zhou Baozhong. 65438-0958, Chongqing Branch of Central Public Security College was merged into the school. 1993 became the authorized unit of doctoral degree; 1995 was renamed Southwest University of Political Science and Law.