Southwest University for Nationalities is located in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. It is a comprehensive university for nationalities directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China, founded by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, People's Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of Education, Sichuan Provincial People's Government and Chengdu Municipal People's Government.

He was selected as a member of the Sino-Russian "Yangtze River-Volga River" university alliance, including the education and training plan for outstanding legal talents, the education and training plan for outstanding agricultural and forestry talents, the high-level talent plan for ethnic minorities, and the "double-first-class" construction plan in Sichuan Province.

Southwest University for Nationalities can be said to be one university or two universities. According to the recruitment situation of 20 17 schools in major provinces, it is the first batch of recruitment for Sichuan Province, which is called institution, while the second batch of recruitment for Fujian Province and Jiangxi Province, so it can also be called the second type of institution.

Southwest University for Nationalities (Southwest University for Nationalities) is a university directly under the central government and affiliated to the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. It is a comprehensive ethnic higher education institution with 12 disciplines such as literature, history, philosophy, economics, management, law, teaching, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine and arts. As one of the highest institutions of learning in China University for Nationalities, the school has always adhered to the purpose of serving ethnic work and the construction of top ethnic talents in China, and is known as the "cradle of national elites in China".