Chongqing University, referred to as Chongda for short, is located in the economic and financial center of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, a scenic landscape city and Chongqing. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of China and the first batch of "985 Project" and "21/project". Selected in the "20 1 1 plan" and "1plan" of the Ministry of Education, it is a pilot university for the reform of "excellent engineer education and training plan", "excellent legal talent education and training plan", "excellent university alliance" and "national public postgraduate plan for building high-level universities".
Chongqing University was founded in 1929, 1952 and became a national key university in 1960 after the adjustment of national departments. As of June, 20 14, the school covers an area of nearly 5,500 mu, with four campuses, A, B, C and Huxi, with a school building area of10.5 million square meters and a total collection of 4.2 million books. There are more than 50,000 full-time students, including nearly 20,000 master students and doctoral students, nearly 30,000 undergraduates, and more than 200 international students 1.200.
Over the past 70 years, more than 40 academicians of the two academies have come out from here. Famous people engaged in social sciences include famous poet Yang, famous poet Yan Su and famous economist Qian Rongkun. Professor Li Siguang, a famous geologist, Professor Ma Yinchu, a famous economist, Wu Mi, a famous comparative writer and Pan Dakui, a famous jurist, all taught here.