Southwest University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Chongqing Municipality. It is the first batch of "world-class discipline construction universities" and the national "2 1 1 project" and "985 engineering advantage discipline innovation platform" construction universities.

The main school is located in Beibei District, Chongqing, covering an area of more than 8,270 mu, with a school building area of 1.87 million square meters. 38 teaching units, 102 undergraduate majors; At present, there are 28 authorized points for doctoral degrees in first-class disciplines, 5 1 authorized points for master's degrees in first-class disciplines, 24 professional master's degrees and 27 post-doctoral research stations (workstations).

The school adheres to the philosophy of "happiness and health as the foundation, survival and development as the foundation", takes "discipline, dedication, learning and innovation" as its motto, and is committed to cultivating "honest, responsible, brave and confident" modern citizens.

The management is very strict, the students' grades are better than many public schools, the teachers are very responsible, and the school spirit and study style are good. The campus environment is beautiful, the teaching area, living area and sports area are self-contained, the layout is harmonious and unified, the facilities are complete and advanced, and the conditions for running schools are first-class.