According to the ranking of China University's education major published on May/August, 20 15, the ranking of Southwest University's education major is higher than that of Hunan Normal University, and Southwest University's education major is a five-star major, that is, "national first-class major"; The pedagogy major of Hunan Normal University is a four-star major, that is, a "national high-level major".

Both of them are universities under the 2 1 1 project scope and the excellent teacher training plan. However, Southwest University is the innovation platform of the 985 Engineering Superiority Discipline, one of the eight key universities determined by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture, one of the six national pilot universities for free normal education, and the first batch of pilot universities for national education system reform.

The curriculum and teaching theory of pedagogy major in Southwest University is a national key discipline, while the pedagogy major in Hunan Normal University has no national key discipline.