Southwest University has schools of Marxism, Politics and Public Administration, Economics and Management, Law School, Culture and Social Development, Education, Psychology, Physical Education, Literature, Foreign Languages, Journalism and Media, Music, Fine Arts, History and Culture (Nationalities College), Mathematics and Statistics, Physical Science and Technology, Electronic Information Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. Southwest University School of Resources and Environment Department of Materials and Energy, School of Computer and Information Science (School of Software), School of Engineering and Technology, School of Biotechnology, School of Textile and Clothing, School of Food.

And 36 colleges including Horticulture and Landscape Architecture College, Agronomy and Biotechnology College, Plant Protection College, Animal Science and Technology College, Pharmacy College (Chinese Medicine College), Xita College, Applied Technology College, Rongchang Campus and Continuing Education College.

Marxist college

Founded on May 5, 20 10, School of Marxism of Southwest University is an independent secondary teaching and research institution directly under Southwest University. There are departments of education of basic principles of Marxism, education of China Marxism, ideological and political education, education of modern history in China, teacher education and ideological and political theory courses for graduate students.

School of Politics and Public Administration

School of Politics and Public Administration of Southwest University is a secondary college affiliated to Southwest University, which was founded in 1950. 1959, undergraduate enrollment of political education began, 198 1, postgraduate enrollment began, and doctoral enrollment began in 2004. School of Economics, School of Law, and School of Marxism were separated successively, and the School of Politics and Public Administration of Southwest University was compiled and scaled in June 20 12.