1993, the former State Education Commission approved the school to change its leadership and management system and renamed it Southwest Institute of Technology (under the State Bureau of Building Materials Industry). From 65438 to 0998, Mianyang Textile Technical School and Mianyang Silk Technical School were merged into Southwest Institute of Technology.

1952, Suining Agricultural School, Sichuan Province. 65438-0978, the school moved to Mianyang and changed its name to Mianyang Agricultural College. 1995, the school was renamed Mianyang Institute of Economics and Technology.

On August 23rd, 2000, with the approval of the State Council, Southwest Institute of Technology and Mianyang Institute of Economics and Technology merged to form Southwest University of Science and Technology. On June 65438+February 2 1 day, 2000, Southwest University of Science and Technology was formally established. In 200 1 year, the school became one of the universities in western China 14.