Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences (CUAS) is a full-time general undergraduate institution of higher education sponsored by the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, a national language standardization demonstration school, a garden-style unit in Chongqing, a high-level new engineering construction university in Chongqing, and the first batch of national innovation and entrepreneurship universities. In 2021, CUAS was approved as a master's degree-granting unit. There are 15 schools and 66 undergraduate majors covering 10 disciplines such as Literature, Science, Engineering, Management, Education, Agriculture, Economics, etc., realizing a successful transformation to multidisciplinary, application-oriented and comprehensive with 23,000 students. Three majors, which are Mechanical, Material and Chemical Engineering, and Agriculture, have been approved as master's degree authorization units. It has signed cooperation agreements with more than 30 universities in the United States, Russia, Italy and other foreign countries, and is a subsidized unit of the State Scholarship Council for sending students abroad. It has trained more than 300 overseas students, and jointly trained more than 600 graduate students with more than 40 universities, including Chongqing University and University of Electronic Science and Technology.
Located in Fuling District of Chongqing, Yangtze Normal University is a full-time undergraduate higher education institution, which boasts fine traditions of teacher education and distinctive characteristics as an application-oriented university. Founded in 1931, Yangtze Normal University has a profound school-running history. The campus covers an area of more than 1700 mu, and the environment is elegant. The university now has 21 secondary teaching units, more than 23,000 undergraduate students and 56 undergraduate majors, including 3 state-level first-class major construction sites, 12 municipal-level first-class major construction sites, and 1 Sino-foreign educational cooperation program. The university has more than 1,300 full-time teachers, including nearly 600 teachers with senior professional titles, more than 400 teachers with doctoral degrees, one state-level candidate for the "National Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talent Project in the New Century”, and more than 100 provincial-level and ministerial-level talents, such as Chongqing academic and technical leaders and members of the Chongqing Talents Program. Adhering to the principle of opening up, Yangtze Normal University has signed inter-university cooperation and exchange agreements with 39 foreign universities and institutions from 12 countries. The University has sent more than 500 teachers and students abroad for academic visits and exchanges, and enrolled more than 600 overseas students from 30 countries. Against this backdrop, benefits from international exchange platforms such as the Belt and Road Malaysia-China Cultural Exchange Center and the China-Poland Cultural Research Center have become increasingly prominent.
Chongqing University of Science and Technology（CQUST) is a full-time public undergraduate institution.The university has a strong focus on engineering and a balanced development in disciplines such as science, management, economics, law, humanities, and the arts. The university excels in fields such as oil and gas exploration and green development, as well as low-carbon metallurgy and advanced materials. In 2017, CQUST was authorized to confer master's degrees and in 2021, it received approval to establish doctoral degree programs, making a new milestone in its growth as an application-oriented research university. The university is located in the heart of the Western (Chongqing) Science City. The campus boasts a beautiful environment and is well-equipped with comprehensive facilities for studying, living, cultural activities, and sports. The campus covers a total area of 1,694,700 square meters, with buildings occupying 732,500 square meters. The total value of teaching and research instrument and equipment approaches 680 million yuan. The library, covering an area of over 40,000 square meters, houses more than 2.1 million physical books and 2.04 million e-books, along with extensive digital information resources. The university has been recognized as a Chongqing Garden-Style Institution and is among the first batch of Chongqing Civilized Campus awardees. CQUST has a faculty and staff team of over 1,700, including 660+senior professionals and more than 730 doctorate holders. The university has s student population of over 24,500 full-time students, including over 2,400 master's degree candidates.The university comprises 22 schools (departments, institutes, and centers).There are also 21 secondary-discipline master's programs or professional degree areas. The university has 10 nationally recognized first-class undergraduate programs. CQUST actively engages in domestic and international academic and research collaborations. It has established partnerships with over 60 universities worldwide in teaching, research, and talent cultivation , including Edinburgh Napier University in the UK, University of Illinois at Chicago in the US, University of Regina in Canada, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Finland, Hanze University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, University of Veracruz in Mexico, Kyungpook National University and Changwon National University in South Korea, as well as Chinese institutions such as Chongqing University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China University of Petroleum, Southwest Petroleum University, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, and the Army Logistics Academy. Dedicated to serving regional economic and social development, CQUST is committed to cultivating high-quality talent with global perspectives, innovative capabilities, and practical skills. The university is on a determined path to becoming a high-level, application-oriented research university with distinct characteristics
Founded in 1954, Chongqing University of Education or CQUE is a full-time public higher education institute under the administration of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission. At present, there are 45 undergraduate majors, involving education, literature, science, engineering, management, economics, art and other disciplines. Chongqing University of Education adheres to open education and strives to develop itself into an international education platform. The university has carried out exchanges and cooperation with countries such as the United States, U.K., Spain, Italy, South Korea, Thailand. Located in Chongqing Nan'an District, the university enjoys advantageous geographic location. Currently, the university has two campuses：Xuefu Avenue campus and Nanshan campus, and they are both very near to the Liberation Monument which is the landmark of Chongqing. CQUE has developed exchange relationships with more than 80 universities and teaching institutes worldwide. It also has carried out Sino-foreign cooperative programs by introducing quality educational resources from the US, the UK, and Spain. CQUE currently offers 5 undergraduate programs (Athletic Rehabilitation, Business English, Tourism Management, Chinese Language and Literature, Networks and New Media) and Chinese language program. Upon successful completion of the prescribed curriculum, passing the assessments, and defending the graduation thesis, students are awarded an undergraduate degree. Chongqing University of Education warmly welcomes overseas students who are aware of and friendly to China to study in the University.
The CCIBE is located in Hechuan，Chongqing, in southwest China. After more than 20 years’ development, the CCIBE has been formed in economics and management as the main body；literature, science, technology, art, education comprehensive development pattern of academic disciplines.It has been awarded the "National Applied Talents Training Project (Training Base)" by the Ministry of Education of China and the "Smart Campus Construction Demonstration School" by Chongqing. We have a team of teachers who love education and have excellent professional quality, and has built a number of high-level courses and specialties, and has achieved excellent results in scientific research.The CCIBE actively integrates into the social development, practices the responsibility of social citizenship, and provides intellectual support for the economic and cultural development of the region. At the same time, The CCIBE have strengthened the integration with the industry, not only established a good cooperative relationship with many local enterprises, but also joined hands with Huawei, Tencent, Alibaba, Jingdong, SF Express and other well-known enterprises to jointly cultivate students with rich theoretical knowledge and excellent practical ability. The CCIBE adheres to the principle of open education, and clearly regards internationalization as the only way for development at the beginning of its establishment. The CCIBE insists on the concept of "bringing in" and "going out", encouraging teachers and students to go to the world, broaden their horizons and improve their abilities; The CCIBE also actively attract talented people from all over the world to exchange and teach. At the same time, The CCIBE sincerely welcomes excellent students from abroad to study.Among the teachers, there are talents who have studied abroad and returned to China after their studies, as well as international teachers recruited from all over the world. They integrate the international educational concept into the daily teaching work, and open the window for students to see the world. Meanwhile,the CCIBE is committed to creating an international campus. The SICA (Students’International Communication Association) has been established, various cultural activities and competitions such as foreign language corners, international cultural festivals, and International Chinese education competitions have been held, and numerous international courses have been offered. The CCIBE Carries out various international projects, and students can participate in short-term study Tours, visiting studies, etc. Students can also apply what you learn and participate in overseas internships. The CCIBE also has established extensive cooperative relations with various educational institutions including universities in South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the United States, Canada, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Russia and other countries, to build a bridge of scientific research and academic exchange for teachers, and make a platform for students to improve themselves. Every year, more than 100 students study and live in this international family. They study Chinese here and learn about China's past, present and future. Through international college to know China, fall in love with China, gain a better future, and to build a bridge of friendship between China and other countries to contribute their own strength.
The Chongqing Institute of Foreign Studies (CIFS), a fully accredited private undergraduate institution authorized by the Ministry of Education of China to grant bachelor's degrees, boasts a sprawling campus spanning over 1,500 acres and a student body exceeding 24,000. With two campuses located in Yubei and Qijiang, the Institute comprises 12 secondary schools offering 41 undergraduate majors across 6 disciplines: literature, education, economics, management, arts, and engineering. CIFS steadfastly upholds the international education ethos and continually widens its avenues for global educational engagement. It has forged inter-university partnerships with over 50 universities, actively pursuing diverse forms of collaboration and exchange, including Sino-foreign joint programs, collaborative research initiatives, and mutual visits between faculty members and students. This approach has led to a progressively broadening platform for international cooperative education.
Chongqing College of Mobile Communication (formerly as College of Mobile Telecommunications, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications), founded in 2000, is a full-time regular undergraduate college ratified by the Ministry of Education, supervised by Chongqing Municipal Education Commission, and entitled to enroll students nationwide. There are 14 secondary colleges, 50 undergraduate programs, among which there are 6 programs certificated by ASIIN, 9 provincial specialty undergraduate programs, 27 provincial first-class courses. Forming a professional system where engineering is the main subject but develops along with economics, management, literature and art as a whole. The school is committed to becoming a first-class applied undergraduate college with new engineering as the main body and electronic information as the advantage in the central and western regions of china, and one of the most admired undergraduate university with distinctive characteristics in China. Our college has followed the school running concept centered on the students’ full development, determined the orientation of the Business College of Information Industry, and has innovatively constructed a “four-in-one (Extra-curriculum × General Education × Business Education × Major) Dual College System (Living in residential college × Majors in Academics) + Special Courses” talent cultivation model. If focuses on cultivating high EQ, management-savvy applied talents with solid foundations in natural sciences, humanities and social sciences, strong comprehensive qualities, international perspectives, innovative spirits, practical abilities, and competitive advantages.
Founded in 1965, Chongqing Polytechnic University of Electronic Technology (CQUET) is a public undergraduate vocational university. In May 2024, the Ministry of Education approved CQUET's establishment by merging with Chongqing College of Electronic Engineering, making it the first public undergraduate vocational university in Chongqing.The key facts of CQUET are as follows: •CQUET has campuses in University Town, Beibei District, and Yongchuan District, spanning an area of about 1.71 million square meters (2,566.18 mu) with 772,900 square meters of school buildings. •Eight specialized colleges and four functional colleges ,serving 21,508 full-time students . •Guided by its major characteristics, CQUET has established 14 digital intelligence-based characteristic major groups, including information security technology applications, Internet of Things technology applications, automobile manufacturing and test technology, and intelligent building engineering technology. •In 2024, CQUET offers six full-time vocational undergraduate enrollment majors and 65 full-time higher vocational majors across 10 categories such as electronics and information, equipment manufacturing, and finance and trade.
Chongqing City Management College is a state-owned higher education institution supported by Chongqing Municipal People's Government and jointly built by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Chongqing Municipal People's Government. The college won various awards and titles such as a national model backbone of high quality vocational college, a member of the High-level and Professional Construction Programme with Chinese Characteristics", a national leading organisation of vocational education, a national-level leading institution for graduates employability, an outstanding contributor to skill cultivation, a well-managed campus, the first batch of municipal model vocational college in Chongqing, a pilot college of teaching quality review and improvement in vocational institutions of the Ministry of Education, and a high quality vocational college in Chongqing. Founded in 1984 as Chongqing Civil Affairs School of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the school was upgraded to Chongqing Social Work Vocational College in March 2001 and renamed Chongqing City Management College in March 2006 covering an area of 1800 mu, has 11 secondary school, 48 majors and nearly 15,000 students. After nearly 40 years of construction, the college has focused on "based on civil affairs, service to the local community, characteristic development" and witnessed the expansion of operations, improvement of the learning environment, development of programmes and improvement in teaching quality.
Chongqing Vocational Institute of Engineering (CQVIE) is a full-time higher vocational school established by Chongqing Municipal People’s Government and supervised by Chongqing Municipal Education Commission. Founded in 1951, the school is a higher education, and National Demonstrative High-level and High-quality Vocational Institute with Chinese Characteristics and Specialized Construction Plan. The institute has 12 secondary faculties and departments, offering 57 higher vocational specialties. With more than 16,000 full-time students, CQVIE still accepts more than 200 students for international education and training and offers an average of more than 40,000 persons continuing education and training per year. CQVIE boasts one teaching team at national level, three vocational education teachers' innovation teams at national level, eight national key programs, six national core programs, two national bases for cultivating "dual-qualified" teachers, two national production-oriented training bases, eight training bases funded by the central government, one national collaborative innovation center and one national special training base for "Online Learning Space for Everyone". There are also four national online quality vocational education courses and one national professional teaching resource library for vocational education, with 4 national teaching achievement awards. The library of CQVIE houses over 1.2 million volumes of print books, nearly 1.4 million electronic books, and over 40,000 electronic journals. Additionally, it has established a rich and sharing cloud platform with a database of vocational education resources. CQVIE insists on opening up to the outside world, and upholds the international cooperation talent cultivation concept of “mutual understanding of civilizations, tripartite construction, and multi-dimensional dual cultivation”. Since 2016, the university has trained nearly 1,500 long-term and short-term international students and carried out technical services with more than 20 countries along the “Belt and Road”, including Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Russia, Uzbekistan, Tanzania, etc.
Chongqing Water Resources and Electric Engineering College is a public full-time ordinary college approved by the Chongqing Municipal People’s Government and recorded by the Ministry of Education of China. It is a national high-level training base for senior skilled personnel, a national demonstration college for higher vocational education in water conservancy, a backbone vocational college in Chongqing, a post-doctoral scientific research workstation in Chongqing, and a national high-quality vocational college in water conservancy and a construction unit for Chongqing’s “Double High-levels Plan”. The college was originally established in 1964 and was upgraded to a full-time regular higher education institution in 2004. It covers an area of 936 acres, with over 300 internship bases both on and off campus, and offers 42 majors covering 10 major categories, including water conservancy, electric power, resources, environment and safety, energy, power and materials, equipment manufacturing, education and sports. At present, there are 13,700 full-time students, more than 720 faculty members, 165 professors and associate professors, more than 350 people with postgraduate degrees or above, and more than 50 doctors. It has 8 municipal top-teachers and famous-teachers, 143 core-teachers, and 268 double-professionally-titled teachers. Teachers and students have won more than 100 awards in national, provincial and ministerial vocational skills competitions, and more than 300 national, provincial and ministerial awards in sports, literature and art.
Chongqing Technology and Business Institute is a public full-time higher education university established by the Chongqing Municipal People’s Government and approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education. It is a national backbone vocational college designated by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance, and a construction unit of the “High-level Vocational Schools and Specialty Construction Plan with Chinese Characteristics (Double High-level Plan)”. CQTBI has three campuses in Hechuan District and Jiulongpo District, covering a total area of 220 acres. There are currently 1043 faculty members, including 75 with professor and other senior professional titles, 200 with associate professor, senior engineer, senior laboratory technician and other deputy senior professional titles, and 718 with doctoral and master degrees. Two professional teacher teams, including “Software Technology” and “Digital Media Technology”, have been selected as the “National Vocational Education Teaching Innovation Team”. Six of them have been awarded the title of National Technical Expert, and one has been selected as a renowned teacher in the New Era Vocational School by the Chinese Ministry of Education. There are currently over 17,400 full-time regular higher education (vocational) students on campus. CQTBI currently has 2 countries of origin for international students (Thailand and Laos), and has enrolled more than 100 degree international students and over 300 non-degree international students, including 10 who have received the Chongqing Mayor’s Scholarship for Foreign Students. Furthermore, CQTBI continues to carry out the Chongqing Mayor Scholarship Program for International Students in China and is committed to establishing sound management systems and quality assurance mechanisms for international students, strengthening cultural identity among international students, promoting assimilation management for international students, and showcasing the charm of traditional Chinese culture for international students. At the same time, CQTBI vigorously implements Global Vision, a student overseas exchange program, through setting up an international platform for industry-education integration and school-enterprise cooperation to select excellent students with outstanding academic performance and skills to participate in overseas research and internship employment, and broaden students’ horizons. CQTBI actively builds an international platform for the integration of industry and education, continuously assisting Chinese funded enterprises in “going global” to cultivate local practitioners. CQTBI has successively established the “Sino - Thailand Silk Road College” and the “Sino - Laos Silk Road College” at the Don Mueang Institute of Technology in Thailand and the Babasa Vocational and Technical College in Laos, focusing on academic and non academic education, customized training, course resources, exchange activities, and other content. CQTBI continuously explores new models of talent cultivation of “Chinese+Vocational skills”, forming multi-level and three-dimensional international industry-education integration cooperation models such as “University - University” and “University - Enterprise - University”.
