According to Sina Aiwen's inquiry on intellectual education, Southwest University is a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, which is jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Chongqing Municipality. It is the first batch of "double first-class" universities, "2 1 1 engineering" and "985 engineering advantage discipline innovation platform" in China.

The main school is located in Beibei District, Chongqing, at the foot of Jinyun Mountain and beside Jialing River, covering an area of more than 8,000 mu, with a school building area of 1.65 million square meters and a green space rate of 40%. This is a magnificent and solemn campus full of weather. It is a well-known garden-style school in China and a civilized campus commended by the Ministry of Education.