Chengdu University of Technology is a university. Before 2000, it was a key university directly under the Ministry of Land and Resources. After 2000, it is a key university jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Sichuan Province. Now it is the first batch of "double first-class" universities in China. Mainly in colleges and universities.

Computer major is an early batch in the whole history. There are many founders of well-known Internet companies among alumni.

Li Cheng is one of the few universities in China with two national key laboratories. Founded in 1952, it is an undergraduate college with teachers and students from China University (formerly Beijing Institute of Geology), Chongqing University and Nanjing University. The school is the first batch of master's degree awarding units and the second batch of doctoral degree awarding units in China. It is also an old-fashioned subordinate key university.