Southwest University of Science and Technology

The Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST; Chinese: 西南科技大学; pinyin: Xīnán Kējìdàxué) is a provincial public university in Mianyang, Sichuan, China. It is affiliated with the Sichuan Provincial People's Government, and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China, SASTIND, and the Sichuan Provincial Government.

East gate

The university has 17 schools. The campus has over 29,000 students: graduate and undergraduate.^[1] The university covers an area of 4088 mu. As of 2015, Xiao Zhengxue (肖正学) is the president.^[2][3]

History

The university originated with the 1939 founding of the Sichuan Jiangjin Ceramics Vocational and Technical School and the Sichuan Provincial Advanced Agricultural Vocational School, which occurred during the Sino-Japanese War. The campus was originally the Mianyang branch of Tsinghua University.^[4]

Department

There are 17 departments, colleges, and schools:^[5]

• College of Adult Education
• College of Network Education
• Department of Physical Education
• School of Applied Technology
• School of Chinese Literature and Arts
• School of Civil Engineering and Architecture
• School of Computer Science and Technology
• School of Economy and Management
• School of Environmental Resources and Engineering
• School of Foreign Languages and Cultures
• School of Information Engineering
• School of Law
• School of Life Science and Engineering
• School of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
• School of Material Science and Engineering
• School National Defense Science and Technology
• School of Science

See also

• Lin Xiangdi, former president of Southwest University of Science and Technology