Sichuan University, referred to as "Sichuan University" for short, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and the Central Government. Ranked among the national 2 1 1 project, 985 project and world-class university construction universities (Class A), and selected into Everest Plan, 20 1 1 plan,1plan, strong foundation plan and excellent engineer education and training plan.
Excellent doctoral education and training plan, excellent legal talents education and training plan, national public postgraduate plan for building high-level universities, and national model universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform.
It is an independent auditing unit for degree authorization, a member of the Dean Association of China Graduate School, a member of the medical "double-first-class" construction alliance, and a self-marking university. It is a high-level research-oriented comprehensive university with national layout and key construction in the west.
The school was formed by the merger of Sichuan University, Chengdu University of Science and Technology and West China University of Medical Sciences. The former Sichuan University was founded in 1896 by Lu, Governor of Sichuan Province. It is the earliest modern institution of higher learning in southwest China.
The former Chengdu University of Science and Technology was the first batch of multidisciplinary engineering colleges established during the adjustment of departments in New China. The predecessor of the former West China University of Medical Sciences was the West China Sheikh University, which was founded by the Western Christian Church in Chengdu on 19 10. It is the earliest Western-style university in southwest China and one of the earliest universities in China to train graduate students.
1994, the former Sichuan University and the former Chengdu University of Technology merged into Sichuan United University, and 1998 restored the name of Sichuan University. In 2000, it merged with the former West China University of Medical Sciences to form a new Sichuan University.
The school is located in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, with three campuses, namely Wangjiang, Huaxi and Jiang 'an, covering an area of 7,050 mu and a building area of 2.694 million square meters.