Southwest University of Science and Technology is located in China Science and Technology City-Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. The school is jointly established by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education, and jointly established by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government and the National Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. It was identified as one of the western 14 universities by the Ministry of Education. The school campus now covers an area of 5463 mu, with beautiful environment and perfect facilities, which is a good place to study.

The school has an existing building area of1190,000 square meters, total fixed assets of 2.7 billion yuan, and teaching and research instruments and equipment worth 887 million yuan. The school library has a building area of 37,800 square meters, with more than 2.53 million paper books and 7.56 million electronic books. The school has more than 39,000 graduate students, ordinary undergraduates and foreign students. National Institute of Defense Technology and other 16 colleges, with 83 undergraduate majors.

There are more than 2,690 faculty members in the school, and the school offers more than 3,000 courses for undergraduates and postgraduates every year. The school has six professional construction points with national characteristics, including materials science and engineering, automation and environmental engineering. Electronic information engineering is the key specialty of national defense, and radiation protection and nuclear safety are the specialties in short supply, with first-class specialties in 38 countries and Sichuan Province.