School 1938 originated from the Department of Forestry of Yunnan University, and 1958 was founded in Kunming Agriculture and Forestry College. 1973, the Forestry Department of Kunming Agriculture and Forestry College merged with Beijing Forestry College, which moved south to Kunming, to form Yunnan Forestry College. After Beijing Forestry College 1978 moved back to Beijing, the school was changed to Yunnan Forestry College, which was directly managed by the former Forestry Department.

1983 was renamed Southwest Forestry College, which is one of the six regional forestry undergraduate colleges directly under the Ministry of Forestry. In 2000, the school was transformed from a university directly under the former State Forestry Administration into a central and local * * * building, with provincial management as the main part.

20 10 was renamed as Southwest Forestry University. The school has three national first-class majors, four national outstanding agricultural and forestry talents training programs, three national outstanding engineers training programs, five provincial majors, eight national first-class specialty construction sites and 24 provincial first-class specialty construction sites. Won the second prize of national teaching achievement 1 and the first prize of provincial teaching achievement award 7.

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The pattern is simple and generous, with distinctive features and rich connotations, symbolizing Xilin's academic advantages based on forestry and biological environment, symbolizing Xilin's school-running characteristics of cultivating green talents, and symbolizing Xilin's great development potential on the red soil plateau south of colorful clouds. It is a ladder of knowledge, a flying swan, a green hope and a thriving "tree of knowledge".