West China Normal University, referred to as "West China Normal University", is a full-time provincial key normal university organized by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government. The school is located in Nanchong, a famous historical and cultural city. It is the first normal university in Sichuan Province and the first batch of authorized units for bachelor's and master's degrees in China. It was selected into the National Sichuan Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Plan, Sichuan Excellent Engineers Education and Training Plan, Sichuan 20 1 1 Plan and other projects. It is the first batch of colleges and universities in Sichuan Province to train free normal students, and the first "Selected Graduates Base for Excellent College Students in Sichuan Province" in the province.
China West Normal University was founded in 1946, and its birth has a direct historical origin with Northeastern University. 1937 War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out and Northeastern University moved to Santai County, Sichuan Province. 1945 After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Northeastern University moved back to Shenyang, leaving Sichuan teachers and students to establish a private North Sichuan College of Agriculture and Industry in Santai. 1950, the school moved to Nanchong and merged with North Sichuan College of Literature to form a public North Sichuan University.
The school has the same roots as Sichuan Normal University, and has gone through the stages of private North Sichuan University, public North Sichuan University, North Sichuan University, Sichuan Normal University, Nanchong Normal University and Sichuan Normal University. In April 2003, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, it was renamed as West China Normal University.