Southwest Petroleum University, referred to as "Xiyou" for short, is located in Chengdu (there is a subway petroleum university station). It is the second petroleum undergraduate university in China in the 1950' s, which was established by transferring teachers and books and instruments from Tsinghua University and Beijing Petroleum Institute. Southwest Petroleum University is located in Chengdu, a land of abundance. It is a high-level comprehensive key university with world influence in the field of petroleum and natural gas, and is known as the "Whampoa Military Academy".

Southwest Petroleum University, located in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, is a central and local institution of higher learning co-founded by the people of China and the Ministry of Education, and is mainly managed by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government. It is a world-class discipline construction institution and a scholarship institution for international students from China government. It has developed into a provincial key university with engineering as the mainstay, multidisciplinary development and outstanding oil and gas advantages.