The school, formerly known as Chengdu Petroleum Institute, was founded in 1958 and upgraded to an undergraduate college in 1993, and was renamed Southwest Petroleum Institute. In 2005, the school was renamed its current name.
The school covers engineering, management, science, literature, law, education, medicine, art and other disciplines, with 32 undergraduate majors. The school has a large number of high-level teachers, 27 of whom were selected as the chief scientists and project leaders of the National "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" and "973 Plan". At the same time, the school has established various cooperative relations with some famous universities and institutions around the world.
The school's laboratory, library, sports facilities and other hardware facilities are first-class. Beautiful campus environment and strict school spirit provide good conditions for students' all-round development and improvement of professional skills. At the same time, the school attaches importance to the cultivation of students' innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, and has set up a number of innovative practice bases in the school to provide students with broad opportunities for innovation.
In a word, Southwest Petroleum University enjoys a high reputation in the oil and gas industry. The school constantly develops and improves the system and personnel training, and is committed to training qualified high-quality talents for the society and the country.