Network Education College of Southwest University is an undergraduate university. It is recognized by the state and society that students who apply for the undergraduate level of network education in Southwest University get the undergraduate diploma after graduation. The undergraduate majors of network education in Southwest University include mathematics and applied mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, geographical sciences, psychology, preschool education, pedagogy, ideological and political education, Chinese language and literature, English, history, special education, physical education, applied psychology, computer science and technology, civil engineering, mechanical design and manufacturing and automation, vehicle engineering, applied chemistry, electrical engineering and automation, landscape architecture, pharmacy, and so on. Economics, public enterprise management, tourism management, business administration, land resource management, administrative management, marketing, human resource management, journalism, law, animal medicine, landscape architecture.

Southwest University is a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education. With the approval of the Ministry of Education in July 2005, it was formed by the merger of former Southwest Normal University and former Southwest Agricultural University. It is a national "2 1 1" project construction school and one of the universities approved by the Ministry of Education to carry out the pilot work of modern distance education.