Sichuan University, referred to as "Sichuan University" for short, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and the Central Government. Ranked among the national 2 1 1 engineering, 985 engineering and world-class university construction universities (Class A), and selected into Everest Plan, 20 1 1 plan,1plan, strong foundation plan, excellent engineer education and training plan, and excellent

The national demonstration universities for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education are self-auditing units for degree authorization, members of the China Graduate School Dean Association, members of the medical "double-first-class" construction alliance, and self-rating universities. It is a high-level research-oriented comprehensive university with national layout and key construction in the west.

The school was formed by the merger of Sichuan University, Chengdu University of Science and Technology and West China University of Medical Sciences. The former Sichuan University was founded in 1896 by Lu, Governor of Sichuan Province. It is the earliest modern institution of higher learning in southwest China.

The former Chengdu University of Science and Technology was the first batch of multidisciplinary engineering colleges established during the adjustment of departments in New China. The predecessor of the former West China University of Medical Sciences was the West China Sheikh University, which was founded by the Western Christian Church in Chengdu on 19 10. It is the earliest Western-style university in southwest China and one of the earliest universities in China to train graduate students. 1994, the former Sichuan University and the former Chengdu University of Technology merged into Sichuan United University, and 1998 restored the name of Sichuan University. In 2000, it merged with the former West China University of Medical Sciences to form a new Sichuan University.