Sichuan Normal University, referred to as Sichuan Normal University, is located in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. It is one of the first batch of key universities in the national "Basic Capacity Building Project of Colleges and Universities in the Midwest". It is the first provincial key university in Sichuan Province to hold undergraduate normal education, and it has the longest running history among normal universities.
It has been selected in Sichuan Double First-class Construction Plan, Excellent Teacher Training Plan of Ministry of Education, Sichuan 20 1 1 Plan, Excellent Engineer Education Training Plan and National New Engineering Research and Practice Project. It is a national publicly-funded normal school, a national demonstration university for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, a national cultural quality education base for college students, and a key research base for humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education.
The school was founded in 1946, and its birth has a direct historical origin with Northeastern University. In the early days of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Northeastern University moved to Santai County, Sichuan Province. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Northeastern University moved back to Shenyang, where teachers and students from Liuchuan founded the North Sichuan College of Agriculture and Industry.
1949, Xishan College was absorbed and renamed as North Sichuan University; 1950 merged with North Sichuan College of Literature and moved to Nanchong City, Sichuan Province. 1952 Sichuan Normal University was established with North Sichuan University as the main body, and some majors of East Sichuan Institute of Education (Rural Construction College), Sichuan University and West China University were merged.
1964 The former Chengdu University (now Southwestern University of Finance and Economics) was merged into the school. 1985, approved by the State Education Commission, was renamed Sichuan Normal University. 1999, Chengdu Coal Cadre Management College of the former Ministry of Coal was merged into the school.