Southwest University is located at the foot of Jinyun Mountain in Beibei District, Chongqing, beside Jialing River, with elegant environment and pleasant climate. In addition to Jinyun Mountain, Beibei District is one of the nine major urban areas in Chongqing with developed transportation. The subway from Line 6 to the other three lines can lead to eight other main urban areas in Chongqing, and the off-campus catering and shopping business circle is highly mature. There are many underground shopping malls, shopping streets, food streets and various materials. The campus is only one subway stop away from the developed business district in Beibei center, and the driving time is less than 10 minute.
(2) the school itself:
Southwest University is the national "2 1 1 project", "985 engineering advantage discipline innovation platform", "1 1 plan", "201plan" and "outstanding agricultural and forestry talents education and training plan". It is divided into North District (main normal class) and South District (main agricultural class), four plastic track and field fields, 65,438+0 large outdoor basketball court, and a central library building, which is located on the shore of Chongde Lake. Its facilities are retro and elegant, dignified and atmospheric, giving people the best reading environment. In addition, it also includes a 3D cinema and an afternoon tea restaurant. There are three comprehensive gymnasiums. The newly-built large gymnasium looks like a bird's nest, including an advanced heated swimming pool. The forest coverage rate is 80%, and the learning environment is elegant. There are eight dormitory parks in the campus park, and there is no problem with midnight takeout. There is a gourmet shopping block next to each park, and seven school buses are connected to it, which is very convenient. The school-based department includes all 34 colleges (departments) of the school, and * * * has 107 undergraduate majors, with strong comprehensive strength, rich teaching resources and strong faculty, which is especially suitable for students who want to expand their knowledge in all directions or pursue a master's degree.
(3) From school-based colleges:
Southwest University (Beibei) College of Animal Science and Technology was formerly the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of Southwest Agricultural University, which was established in 1950. 1985 was renamed the Department of Veterinary Medicine of Southwest Agricultural University (later renamed the College of Animal Breeding). In July 2005, Southwest Agricultural University and Southwest Normal University merged to form Southwest University. In April 2006, the former Beibei College of Animal Science and Technology merged with the former Fisheries College to form a new one.
Discipline construction: The disciplines of the College of Animal Science and Technology cover five first-class disciplines: animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, aquatic products, materia medica and biology. At present, there are two Chongqing (provincial) key disciplines of animal husbandry and fishery, veterinary medicine 1 provincial key construction discipline. The college has a long history and strong comprehensive strength. In the third round of discipline evaluation of national colleges and universities in 20 12 by the Ministry of Education, our school ranked eighth in animal husbandry, fifth in aquatic science, 15 in veterinary science and 16 in herbal medicine.
Postgraduate education: At present, it has a first-class doctoral program in animal husbandry (obtained in 20 12), two doctoral programs in aquaculture (obtained in 2005) and seven master's degree programs (animal genetics and breeding, animal nutrition and feed science, grassland science, basic veterinary medicine, clinical veterinary medicine, preventive veterinary medicine and aquaculture), among which animal husbandry and veterinary medicine is a first-class master's degree program.
There are 8 doctoral supervisors in the college, and students from 6 doctoral programs in animal genetics and breeding, animal nutrition and feed, aquaculture, genetics, special economic animal breeding and botany are enrolled. There are 44 tutors for master students, and nearly 70-80 graduate students from 32 research directions and 4 master programs are enrolled every year, including animal genetics and breeding, animal nutrition and feed science, grassland science, basic veterinary medicine, clinical veterinary medicine, preventive veterinary medicine, aquaculture, aquatic biology, genetics, cell biology and microbiology. At present, the college has nearly 300 full-time masters, doctoral students and professional masters.
Undergraduate education: the college has animal science department, aquatic science department and animal medicine department, and enrolls/kloc-0 students and more than 700 undergraduates in three key undergraduate majors of animal science, animal medicine and aquaculture. Undergraduate teaching pays attention to quality and has distinctive characteristics. Animal medicine is a characteristic specialty of the Ministry of Education, and aquaculture is a characteristic specialty of Chongqing, which was approved as the construction site of "three characteristic specialties" in Chongqing.
International exchange: In recent years, the College has established cooperation and exchange relations with eight countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia and Thailand, with more than 100 international students visiting, exchanging and exchanging. At present, there are five foreign students studying for master's and bachelor's degrees in this college.