Chongqing University was founded in1929; 1942, the school became a comprehensive university; 1952 was reorganized into a multidisciplinary university focusing on engineering; 1960 was identified as a national key university; 1996 became the national "2 1 1 project" key construction university, and 1999 was included in the national "985 project" key construction university; In May 2000, the former chongqing jianzhu university and Chongqing Architecture Colleges merged with Chongqing University to form a new Chongqing University.
As of June 2020, the school has four campuses, covering an area of more than 5,200 mu, with a school building area of nearly 1.7 million square meters; There are 36 secondary colleges and 99 undergraduate majors; There are 33 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 1 two disciplines doctoral degree authorization points, 53 first-level discipline master degree authorization points and 25 professional degree authorization categories; There are more than 48,000 students in the school, including 2 master students and doctoral students1.000, 25,000 undergraduates and 0/.900 foreign students. There are more than 5,300 faculty members, including more than 2,900 full-time teachers; The library has 4,952,600 books.
2. Southwest University: Southwest University is a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, which is 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", the national "21project" and "985 engineering advantage discipline innovation platform", and the "double-class" agricultural alliance member universities; Selected into the national "11/plan", "201/plan", "Hundred Schools Project", outstanding agricultural and forestry talents education and training plan, excellent teachers training plan, national college students' innovation and experiment plan, national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, and national construction of high-level university graduate students.
The school can be traced back to East Sichuan Normal School as early as 1906, and 1936 was renamed Sichuan Institute of Education. 1950, Sichuan Institute of Education merged with the National Women's Teachers College to form Southwest Normal College, and the departments of agriculture, horticulture and agricultural products manufacturing merged with the private Xianghui College founded by 1946 to form Southwest Agricultural College. From 65438 to 0985, the two schools were renamed Southwest Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University respectively. In 2000, Chongqing Light Industry Vocational College was merged into Southwest Normal University; 200 1, Southwest Agricultural University, Sichuan Animal Husbandry and Veterinary College and Citrus Institute of China Academy of Agricultural Sciences merged to form a new Southwest Agricultural University. In 2005, Southwest Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University merged to form Southwest University.
According to official website information in June 2020, the main school is located in Beibei District, Chongqing, covering an area of more than 8,000 mu, with a school building area of 1.65 million square meters; There are 37 colleges (departments), 105 undergraduate majors; At present, there are 25 post-doctoral research stations, 28 first-class doctoral programs, professional doctoral programs 1 one, first-class master programs1one, and professional master programs1nine. There are 3,058 full-time teachers, nearly 40,000 undergraduates, more than 10,000 graduate students1/kloc-0, and more than 2,000 international students.
3. Southwest University of Political Science and Law (Southwest University of Political Science and Law&; France), referred to as "western politics", is located in Chongqing. It is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Chongqing Municipal People's Government. It is the earliest institution of higher learning of politics and law in New China. After the reform and opening up, it is the first batch of national key universities, the first batch of national excellent legal talents education and training plan bases, the first batch of national college students' cultural quality education bases, and the China municipal government scholarship receiving institution for international students in China. Basic capacity building projects of universities in the central and western regions of the country, public postgraduate projects of national construction of high-level universities, key disciplines with national characteristics, new engineering research and practice projects, national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, and independent enrollment pilot universities. The school focuses on law, with the coordinated development of economics, literature, management, philosophy, engineering and other disciplines. It is known as the "National Southwest Associated University" of law education in New China.
The school, formerly known as Southwest People's Revolutionary University, was founded in 1950, with Marshal Liu Bocheng as the principal. 1953, based on the Department of Political Science and Law of Southwest People's Revolutionary University, merged the then Chongqing University Law School, Sichuan University Law School, Chongqing University of Finance and Economics Law Department, Guizhou University Law Department and Yunnan University Law Department to formally establish Southwest University of Political Science and Law. Mr. Guo Moruo inscribed the name of the college, and the first president was General Zhou Baozhong. 65438-0958, Chongqing Branch of Central Public Security College was merged into the school. 1993 became the authorized unit of doctoral degree; 1995 was renamed Southwest University of Political Science and Law; In 2003, it became the first batch of authorized units for doctoral degrees in first-class disciplines of law.
As of August 20 18, the school has three campuses, namely Yubei, Shapingba and Baosheng Lake, with a total area of more than 3,000 mu. There are more than 23,000 students and 2,000 faculty members. 13 college, with 23 undergraduate majors. At present, there are 2 first-class doctoral programs, 6 doctoral programs in two disciplines/KLOC-0, 8 first-class discipline master programs, 38 master programs in two disciplines and 8 professional master programs.