Southwest Normal University generally refers to Southwest University (a university directly under the Ministry of Education in Chongqing, China). Southwest University, called Xida for short, is located in Chongqing. It is a university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), co-founded by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Chongqing Municipal People's Government. It is a "double-first-class" world-class discipline construction university, and ranks among the national 21/engineering and 985 engineering advantage discipline innovation platforms.
The school has complete disciplines, strong comprehensiveness and distinctive features. There are 53 first-level disciplines, covering philosophy, economics, law, teaching, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, art, etc. 12 disciplines, including 3 national key disciplines, 2 national key (cultivation) disciplines, and 28 first-level disciplines have doctoral degrees. Professional doctor 1, professional master 19, 22 in Post-Doctoral Research Center, and 8 disciplines are in the top of ESI world rankings 1%.