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Chongqing University was founded in 1929. As early as 1940s, it became a national comprehensive university with six colleges of arts, science, engineering, business, law and medicine. Ma Yinchu, Li Siguang, He Lv, Feng Jian, Ke Zhao, Wu Mi, Wu Guanzhong and many other famous scholars have taught in this school. 1960 was identified as a national key university. In May 2000, the former Chongqing University, chongqing jianzhu university and Chongqing Institute of Architecture merged to form a new Chongqing University.
Since 1948, the school has been recruiting graduate students, and it is one of the earliest universities in China to carry out graduate education. 1978, Chongqing University became one of the first units of the Ministry of Education to resume postgraduate enrollment and obtain authorization for master's and doctoral degrees. 198 1 was approved as the first national key discipline of biomechanics in China, and 1988 was approved as the first-class discipline authorized by four doctoral degrees, including mechanical engineering.