Xihua university, referred to as Xihua for short, is located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. It is a provincial key comprehensive university with complete disciplines and multi-disciplinary development. It has been selected into "Basic Capacity Building Project of Midwest Universities", "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan 2.0", "Sichuan 20 1 1 Plan", "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan of Sichuan Province" and "Double First Class" Construction Plan of Sichuan Province.
Xihua university's predecessor, Sichuan Agricultural Machinery College, was founded in 1960, which was one of the agricultural machinery undergraduate colleges established in seven regions of China at that time. 1972 was renamed as Chengdu Agricultural Machinery College, 1978 was listed as a provincial key university by Sichuan Provincial Government, and 1983 was renamed as Sichuan Institute of Technology.
1990, the State Council Academic Degrees Committee approved that the school has the right to award master's degrees. In 2003, Sichuan University of Technology and chengdu normal university merged to form xihua university. In 2008, Sichuan Economic Management Cadre College merged as a whole.
By the end of 2065438+June 2008, the school headquarters, Pengzhou and Rennan Campus had a total area of nearly 3,000 mu, with 27 colleges and 86 undergraduate majors. 18 first-level disciplines authorized by master's degree, 12 professional master's degree authorized categories and 68 master's degree authorized points; There are more than 45,000 full-time students and 2,000 graduate students.
The Cultural Tradition of xihua university;
1, school emblem: the appearance of the school emblem is rectangular, 4.5cm long, 1.2cm wide and 0. 1cm thick. Against the background of different colors, the font of xihua university's school logo is eye-catching, beautiful, and the design is simple and generous, which embodies xihua university's concept of pursuing Excellence and continuous development. There are three kinds of school badges: faculty members wear school badges with white characters on a red background, graduate students wear school badges with white characters on a blue background, and undergraduates and junior college students wear school badges with red characters on a white background.
2. School motto: xihua university pursues Excellence, and Excellence is the school motto. Seeking truth is heaven, morality is man, and Excellence is pursuit and innovation. It embodies the unity of scientific spirit and humanistic spirit, and also embodies the concept and connotation of doing things first-class, striving for perfection, advancing despite difficulties and constantly striving for self-improvement. It expresses the mission and essence of the university.