National Southwest Associated University (The National SouthWest Associated University for short) was a university in Kunming, Yunnan Province during the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, which was composed of the then National Peking University, the National Tsinghua University and the private Nankai University. The school affairs were managed by Mei Yiqi, then president of Tsinghua University, Jiang Menglin, then president of Peking University, and Zhang Boling, then president of Nankai University. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, National Southwest Associated University was dissolved, and National Peking University, National Tsinghua University and Nankai University moved back to Beijing and Tianjin respectively.

1 937165438+1October1,Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University formed Changsha Temporary University, the predecessor of National Southwest Associated University, at the foot of Yuelu Mountain. One month after the start of school, teachers and students moved to Yunnan on February 1938, and in April of the same year, they were renamed as National Southwest. On May 4th, 1938, the National Southwest Associated University officially started classes. The graduation ceremony was held on May 4th and announced on July 30th. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the three schools were demobilized and returned to Ping Jin, and the Teachers College of National Southwest Associated University stayed in Kunming to continue running schools, which is now Yunnan Normal University.

During my stay in Yunnan, I established a branch school in the spring of 1938. 8 1940 Establish Xuyong Campus. 1946 In May, after the above three schools moved back to their original sites and resumed running, Teachers College left Yunnan to set up another independent school, renamed Kunming Teachers College, and later renamed Yunnan Normal University.

Yunnan University, which is separated from the National Southwest Associated University, has also gathered a large number of scholars such as Yan Jici and Peng Huanwu under the auspices of Xiong Qinglai, a famous mathematician in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. Some well-known scholars hold part-time jobs in National Southwest Associated University and Yunnan University. Teachers and students from two schools also took part in many activities.

Teachers and students of National The National SouthWest Associated University later produced at least seven founders (Zhao Jiuzhang, Deng Jiaxian, Guo Yonghuai, Zhu Guangya, Wang Xiji, Chen Fangyun, Tu Shoue), 17 1 academician of China Academy of Sciences or Chinese Academy of Engineering.