Chongqing University School was founded in 1929, and put forward the vision of building a "comprehensive and profound university". By the1940s, it had developed into a comprehensive university with complete disciplines such as literature, science, business and forensic medicine. 1952 after the adjustment of the national departments, it has become a multidisciplinary university with engineering as the mainstay.

1960 was identified as a national key university. After the reform and opening-up, the school has undergone comprehensive recovery, adjustment and reform, and has become an industry-oriented and multidisciplinary university with coordinated development. 1998 was approved as a national "2 1 1 project" to build a key university. In 2000, the former chongqing jianzhu university and Chongqing Architecture Colleges merged with Chongqing University to form a new Chongqing University.

200 1 became the key construction university of "985 Project". In 20 17, it was selected as the national "World-class University Construction University (Class A)", and in 2022, it was selected as the second round of "Double-class" University Construction. The development of our school has entered a new historical stage, and we are making unremitting efforts towards the goal of building a world-class university with China characteristics.