1, the south campus is different from the north campus: the north campus was originally the Longquan Road campus of Yunnan Normal University, and the south campus was its predecessor, Yunnan University of Finance and Trade.

2. Different types of colleges: North College has the following colleges: School of Information, School of Statistics and Mathematics, School of City and Environment, School of Tourism and Hotel Management. The South Campus includes School of Finance and Public Administration, School of Economics, School of Finance, School of Business, School of Accounting and School of Foreign Languages.