Southwest University for Nationalities can be said to be one university or two universities. According to the recruitment situation of 20 17 schools in major provinces, it is the first batch of recruitment for Sichuan Province, which is called institution, while the second batch of recruitment for Fujian Province and Jiangxi Province, so it can also be called the second type of institution.

Southwest University for Nationalities (Southwest University for Nationalities) is a university directly under the central government and affiliated to the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. It is a comprehensive ethnic higher education institution with 12 disciplines such as literature, history, philosophy, economics, management, law, teaching, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine and arts. As one of the highest institutions of learning in China University for Nationalities, the school has always adhered to the purpose of serving ethnic work and the construction of top ethnic talents in China, and is known as the "cradle of national elites in China".

The school is located in splendid Chengdu, known as the land of abundance and the capital of hibiscus, adjacent to the famous Wuhou Temple at home and abroad. Southwest University for Nationalities is one of the earliest ethnic colleges established after the founding of New China under the personal care of proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation, such as Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping and Wang Weizhou, and is now in charge of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission.