1. Discipline setting and discipline strength: Sichuan University has a relatively complete discipline system and profound discipline advantages in the fields of literature, history, philosophy, physics, chemistry, biomedical materials and electronic information. At the same time, Sichuan University also has a high academic influence in the fields of law, management and education. The characteristics of Northwestern Polytechnical University are aerospace, navigation, electronic information, materials and other fields. At the same time, it also has strong advantages in computer science and mechanical engineering, but its influence in humanities and social sciences is relatively small.
2. Faculty: Sichuan University has a group of well-known scholars and experts at home and abroad, who have high academic attainments and influence in their respective fields. Northwestern Polytechnical University has a high level of teachers, but it is slightly inferior to Sichuan University in the scale and quality of teachers.
3. Scientific research strength: Sichuan University has strong scientific research strength, and has a number of excellent scientific research teams and laboratories such as the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, the State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and the Development and Protection of Mountains and Rivers. At the same time, Sichuan University has also done a good job in interdisciplinary research, such as biomedical engineering, polymer materials engineering and other innovative fields have been widely used. Northwestern Polytechnical University has a strong research strength in the fields of aerospace and navigation, and there are several national scientific research platforms and laboratories, but it is relatively weak in interdisciplinary research.