In 1950s, with the adjustment of departments, some important and distinctive departments of Yunnan University, such as aviation, civil engineering, law and railway, were transferred and merged into the then Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sichuan University, Southwest University of Political Science and Law and Changsha Railway Institute. Industry, medicine, agriculture, etc. have independently established schools, and gradually developed into today's Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Agricultural University, Southwest Forestry University and other universities. From 65438 to 0958, Yunnan University was placed under the management of Yunnan Province by the Central Ministry of Higher Education. 65438-0978 Yunnan University was identified as one of the 88 key universities in China by the State Council.
After the reform and opening up, Yunnan University has made great progress. 1996 was included in the first batch of national "2 1 1 project" key construction universities, in 2006, in 5438+0, in 2004, it became the key construction university of the Ministry of Education and the Yunnan Provincial People's Government, and in 2006, the undergraduate teaching level was evaluated * * *1. 20 12 became the implementing agency of "Basic Capacity Building Project of Central and Western Universities" and "Comprehensive Strength Improvement Project of Central and Western Universities"; In 20 17, it became one of the first 42 "first-class universities" in China; 20 18 became one of the universities in the central and western regions 14, which were jointly built by the Ministry and the province.