Sichuan University, located in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and the Central Government.

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.