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How old is Southwest University?
Since the founding of New China, China's economy has developed rapidly and its economic strength has been improved. This, of course, is inseparable from the road construction in China. China's transportation system is becoming more and more perfect. If you want to be rich, build roads first. At present, the road construction in China is still developing. Recently, China has begun to attach importance to education and rejuvenating the country through science and education. Education cultivates outstanding talents, and outstanding talents create science and technology, which leads the country's development, development drives the economy, and the economy upgrades the education system. This virtuous circle will promote economic development and education development.

In China, well-known universities are basically either "985 Project" or "2 1 1 Project". The "985 Project" aims to build a world-class university and a high-level university. At present, there are 39 universities. "2 1 1 project" is a key construction project of about 100 universities and a number of key disciplines in 2 1 century. At present, there are more than 100 institutions. Among the "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project", the "985 Project" has stronger educational strength. Although they may all be "project 2 1 1", the educational level is different. Next, we will introduce a university renamed as "2 1 1 Engineering".

This university is Southwest University, and its main body is located in Beibei District of Chongqing. In 2005, it was merged by Southwest Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University. In the same year, Southwest University was selected as "2 1 1 project", which is the so-called strong alliance. After the merger, the education level has been improved, and the merger and renaming can be said to be very successful.

Southwest University covers a total area of about 5.33 million square meters, of which the school building area is 6.5438+0.65 million square meters. At present, the school has 37 colleges, 105 undergraduate majors; At present, there are 25 post-doctoral research stations, 28 first-class doctoral programs, professional doctoral programs 1 one, first-class master programs1one, and professional master programs1nine. There are also many national key disciplines, among which biology is a world-class discipline construction discipline. This shows that the educational strength of the school is still very strong.

Southwest University has a long history, which can be traced back to 1906, and was renamed Sichuan Education College in 1936. 1950, Sichuan Education College merged with National Women's Teachers College to form Southwest Normal College, and then the departments of agriculture, horticulture and agricultural products manufacturing of Southwest Normal College merged with private Xianghui College to form Southwest Agricultural College. From 65438 to 0985, the two universities were renamed Southwest Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University respectively. In 2005, Southwest Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University merged and renamed Southwest University, which has been in use ever since.

So far, Southwest University ranks 54th in the country with a high level of education. It was renamed China, and a "world-class discipline construction university" was established. Most students can consider applying for the exam. After all, there are many delicious foods in Chongqing.