Located in Beibei District, Chongqing, a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Chongqing * * * *, is one of the first two-class universities in China, with an innovative platform for 21engineering and 985 engineering.

The predecessor of Southwest University can be traced back to the official Chuandong Normal School founded by the Qing government in April 1906 in Chongqing.