First, school profile:
The school can be traced back to East Sichuan Normal School as early as 1906, and 1936 was renamed Sichuan Institute of Education. 1950, Sichuan Institute of Education merged with the National Women's Teachers College to form Southwest Normal College, and the departments of agriculture, horticulture and agricultural products manufacturing merged with the private Xianghui College founded by 1946 to form Southwest Agricultural College.
From 65438 to 0985, the two universities were renamed Southwest Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University respectively. In 2000, Chongqing Light Industry Vocational College was merged into Southwest Normal University. 200 1, Southwest Agricultural University, Sichuan Animal Husbandry and Veterinary College and Citrus Institute of China Academy of Agricultural Sciences merged to form a new Southwest Agricultural University. In 2005, Southwest Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University merged to form Southwest University.
As of June 2023, the school covers an area of about 8,347 mu, with a school building area of 1.93 million square meters; At present, there are 46 teaching units, offering undergraduate majors 102, 29 authorized points for doctoral degrees in first-class disciplines, 54 authorized points for master's degrees in first-class disciplines, 2 professional doctorates, 27 professional master's degrees, 27 post-doctoral research stations, 3,226 full-time teachers and more than 55,000 students.
Second, cooperation and exchanges:
By June 2023, the school had actively promoted the internationalization process and established long-term friendly cooperative relations with more than 200 universities and scientific research institutions in more than 40 countries and regions, including the United States, Canada, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Australia and Russia.
The school has 1 non-independent legal entity with Chinese-foreign cooperative education, 6 undergraduate majors with Chinese-foreign cooperative education, 3 international cooperative laboratories 13, 7 overseas international Chinese education institutions, 0 overseas education platforms 1 and 0 overseas education projects 1. From 2065438 to 2009, Southwest University cooperated with Missouri State University to hold the undergraduate education program of plant science and technology.