According to statistics, Southwest University of Political Science and Law ranked 235th in the national university rankings in 2023, followed by East China Jiaotong University and Qilu University of Technology. In the ranking of national universities of political science and law, China University of Political Science and Law ranks first, and Southwest University of Political Science and Law ranks second; Southwest University of Political Science and Law ranks eighth in the ranking of law universities; Southwest University of Political Science and Law ranks seventh among all universities in Chongqing.

Southwest University of Political Science and Law is located in Chongqing, a famous historical and cultural city and the only municipality directly under the central government in the central and western regions. It is the earliest institution of higher learning in politics and law in New China. After the reform and opening-up, the Ministry of Education and Chongqing Municipal People's Government jointly established the first batch of national key universities, the first batch of national excellent legal talents education and training bases, the training institutions entrusted by the China Municipal Government for overseas students' scholarships, and the engineering university for basic capacity building in the central and western universities.

Brief introduction of Southwest University of Political Science and Law

There are 30 undergraduate majors in the school, including 10 for national first-class undergraduate majors such as law, politics and administration, journalism, administration, radio and television, ideological and political education, intellectual property, accounting, business administration, auditing and communication, and 12 for provincial (municipal) first-class undergraduate majors. At present, there are three first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 10 first-level discipline master degree authorization points, and 10 master degree authorization points.

Economic law and litigation law are national key disciplines, while law, journalism and communication, applied economics, politics, public administration, philosophy, Marxist theory, business administration, national security (interdisciplinary), Marxist theory and inner-party regulations (interdisciplinary), translation (professional degree authorization point), auditing (professional degree authorization point) and other 12 disciplines are Chongqing.

In the discipline evaluation of the Ministry of Education, the first-class discipline of law was shortlisted. In 20 18, in the first professional degree level evaluation in China, the authorized point of master of law was awarded the A-grade with universities such as Tsinghua University and China University of Political Science and Law.