Chongqing * * * owns 1 a double-class university, namely Chongqing University, which is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Chongqing * * *, and was one of the best national universities in China as early as the Republic of China.

Founded in 1929, the school put forward the vision of building a "comprehensive and profound university" and developed into a comprehensive university with complete disciplines of arts, science, business and forensic medicine in the 1940s. 1952 after the adjustment of the national departments, it has become a multidisciplinary university with engineering as the mainstay. 1960 was identified as a national key university.

After the reform and opening-up, the school has undergone comprehensive recovery, adjustment and reform, and has become an industry-oriented and multidisciplinary university with coordinated development. 1998 was approved as a national "2 1 1 project" to build a key university. In 20 17, it was selected as the national "World-class University Construction University (Class A)", and in 2022, it was selected as the second round of "Double-class" University Construction. The development of our school has entered a new historical stage, and we are making unremitting efforts towards the goal of building a world-class university with China characteristics.