Equivalent academic ability refers to the same level of knowledge and skills without complete learning experience in a certain education level or learning experience for other reasons but without obtaining corresponding academic certificates and degree certificates.

It is a national "double-first-class" university, a university jointly built by ministries and provinces, a national key construction university of 21/engineering, an engineering university to enhance the comprehensive strength of universities in the central and western regions, and an engineering university to build the basic capacity of universities in the central and western regions.