History of Southwest Agricultural College:
The school can be traced back to East Sichuan Normal School as early as 1906, and 1936 was renamed Sichuan Institute of Education. 1950, the departments of education, Chinese, foreign languages, history, geography and mathematics of Sichuan Institute of Education merged with the National Women's Teachers College established in 1940 to form Southwest Normal College, and the departments of agronomy, horticulture and agricultural products manufacturing merged with the private Xianghui College established in 1946 to form Southwest Agricultural College.
From 65438 to 0985, the two schools were renamed Southwest Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University respectively. In 2005, Southwest Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University merged to form Southwest University. In the same year, it was approved as 2 1 1 key construction university, which is a national key comprehensive university with a high level of layout in western countries.
Scientific research platform of Southwest Agricultural College:
National key laboratory 1 each, national engineering technology research center 1 each, national local joint engineering laboratory 1 each, national field scientific observation research station 1 each, national key laboratory cultivation base built by Ministry of Education or Ministry of Agriculture 1 each, and 4 engineering research centers of Ministry of Education.
Conditions for running Southwest Agricultural College:
1, faculty and staff
Southwest Agricultural College has 3 162 full-time teachers, including 77 professors, 540 doctoral supervisors and 77 master supervisors. National talents 12 1 person, including academicians of China Academy of Sciences 1 person, 3 academicians of China Academy of Engineering, 5 overseas academicians, and senior professors of humanities and social sciences 1 person. There are 5 national teaching teams and 3 innovation teams of the Ministry of Education.
2. Discipline construction
Southwest Agricultural College has a complete range of disciplines, covering philosophy, economics, law, teaching, literature and history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, art, etc. 12 disciplines, including 3 national key disciplines, 2 national key disciplines, 29 first-class discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 54 first-class discipline master degree authorization points and 2 professional doctoral degree authorization points.
3. Education and teaching
Southwest University has 102 undergraduate majors, including 39 national first-class undergraduate majors and 8 1 Chongqing first-class undergraduate majors. There are 4 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 3 national virtual simulation experimental centers, 3 Chongqing experimental teaching demonstration centers 13, 23 national first-class undergraduate programs, and 67 Chongqing first-class undergraduate programs 167.