In 1950s, the departments were adjusted, and some important and distinctive departments such as aviation, civil engineering, law and railway under Yunnan University were set aside and merged into Beijing Aviation Institute, Sichuan University, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Changsha Railway Institute and other universities. Industry, medicine, agriculture, etc. have independently established schools, and gradually developed into today's Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Agricultural University, Southwest Forestry University and other universities.
From 65438 to 0958, Yunnan University was placed under the management of Yunnan Province by the Central Ministry of Higher Education. 65438-0978 Yunnan University was identified as one of the 88 key universities in China by the State Council.
After the reform and opening up, Yunnan University has made great progress. 1996 was included in the first batch of national "2 1 1 project" key construction universities, in 2006, 5438+0 was included in the key construction universities of western development, in 2004, it became the key construction universities of the Ministry of Education and the Yunnan Provincial People's Government, and in 2006, the undergraduate teaching level was evaluated * * *1.
20 12 became the implementing agency of "the basic capacity building project of central and western universities" and "the comprehensive strength improvement project of central and western universities", 20 16 became the implementing agency of "one province, one school", 20 17 became one of the first batch of 42 "first-class universities" in China, and 20 18.