Southwest University of Political Science and Law is the earliest institution of higher learning of political science and law in New China. After the reform and opening up, the first batch of national key universities, the first batch of national education and training bases for outstanding legal talents, the Ministry of Education and the Chongqing Municipal People's Government * * * set up scholarships for overseas students from universities and the China Municipal Government to entrust training institutions, and the second phase of the Central and Western Universities Basic Ability Enhancement Plan was selected as universities.
After nearly 70 years' efforts, the school adheres to the motto of "erudition, faithfulness, morality and law", adheres to the school-running concept of "building a school through teaching, strengthening the school through scientific research and managing the school according to law", and gradually embodies the spirit of "saving the world, striving for self-improvement, harmony, preciseness and being realistic" and forms the spirit of taking law as the foundation.
The school has Shapingba Campus, Yubei Campus and Baoshenghu Campus, covering an area of more than 3,000 mu. Among them, Yubei Campus is the teaching center for undergraduate and postgraduate education, and Shapingba Campus is the base for continuing education and cadre training.
The school now has Civil and Commercial College (Intellectual Property College), Economic Law School (Ecological Law School), Law School, Administrative Law School (Supervisory Law School), International Law School, Criminal Investigation College (National Security College), Business School (Supervisory Audit College), Economics College, Foreign Languages College, Journalism and Communication College, Politics and Public Administration College, Marxism College and Artificial Intelligence Law School (China Applied Law School).