Chongqing University was founded in 1929 with the vision of building a “well-equipped and influential university”. By the 1940s, the University had developed into a comprehensive university with a complete system of disciplines covering liberal arts, science, engineering, business, jurisprudence, and medicine, etc. In 1952, it became a multi-disciplinary university with focus on engineering disciplines after a round of nationwide faculty adjustment. In 1960, it was designated as a national key university. Since the Opening-up and Reform, the University has evolved into a higher education institution that mainly consists of engineering disciplines together with multiple other disciplines after all-around restoration, adjustment, reform, and construction. In 1998, the university was approved as a university for key construction under the state “Project 211”. In 2000, former Chongqing Jianzhu University and Chongqing Architecture Junior College merged with Chongqing University, together constituting the new Chongqing University. In 2001, it became a university for key construction under the state “Project 985”. In 2017, it was elected as a state “Class-A University under the National World-First-Rate University Construction Program”. In 2022, it was elected as a “Double First-class University” in the second round assessment. Hence, the University has entered a new era, striding toward the educational goal of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics. Chongqing University has a full range of disciplines, covering 11 categories, namely science, engineering, economics, management, jurisprudence, literature, history, philosophy, medicine, education, and art. Now the University has 7 faculties, 35 schools, and 7 affiliated hospitals. The number of faculty and staff is over 5,300 persons, the student population is over 50,000 persons among whom over 24,000 are postgraduates and over 26,000 are undergraduates. The campuses occupy a total land area of over 5,300 mu (approximately 883 acres), consisting of Campus A, Campus B, Campus C, Huxi Campus and Liangjiang Campus.
Founded in 2005, Southwest University (SWU) encompasses Southwest Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University, which share an origin dating back to 1906. The school enjoys a long-standing history as its fame through ceaseless strive towards academic innovation and integration with social development. As a member of “211 Project” and “Double First-class” universities, SWU has an extensive set of disciplinary categories including philosophy, economics, law, pedagogy, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management and art. It is especially known for its distinctive teacher education and agricultural education. Over the past century, SWU has been taking pride in its outstanding faculties and graduates. Among the renowned scholars who have shared their insights at SWU were HOU Guangjiong, father of agrology; ZHANG Furong, founder of teaching theory in China; XIANG Zhonghuai, developer of the first framework of silkworm genome in the world; and HUANG Xiting, psychologist and educationist. Their endeavors have attributed to various notable graduates, including YUAN Longping, father of hybrid rice; HU Jinchu, founder of ecological biology of pandas; SHI Tingmao and ZHAO Shuai, Olympic champions. Beside rigorous academic training, the school also nourishes the students with abundant convenient service for various lifestyle. Situated in one of the most bewildering cities in China, Southwest University is endowed with magnificent mountainous view no less than any tourist attraction. With its rich background, extensive history and inclusive education, Southwest University has been an ideal destination for studying in China, embracing around 2000 students all over the world every year. In the new era, SWU would like to extend its sincere invitation to students around the globe to come here for education.
Southwest University of Political Science and Law (SWUPL) is located in Chongqing, a famous historical and cultural city and the only municipality in the central and western regions. It is the earliest institution of higher politics and law established in New China. As a university jointly built by Ministry of Education and Chongqing Government, SWUPL is one of the first national education and cultivation bases for outstanding legal talents, the Ministry of Education's "Collaborative Cultivation and Innovation Base for Foreign Rule of Law Talents", an institution entrusted with the cultivation of Chinese government scholarships for international students, and a university under the project of building the basic capacity of colleges and universities in the central and western parts of the country. With over 70 years of hard work, SWUPL has formed a multi-disciplinary development mode, focusing on law, coordinated with philosophy, economics, literature, management, engineering, etc. And it has formed a multi-level education pattern from undergraduate to postgraduate, from domestic education to international education. The school currently has more than 25000 students and more than 2000 faculty members, including over 600 teachers with senior professional positions, including the Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education, the "Top Ten Outstanding Young Jurists in China", and the State Council Government Special Allowance Expert. The teaching staff is strong with abundant scientific research achievements. SWUPL adheres to the international development strategy. Now it has a large number of international exchange and cooperation programs with more than 200 partner universities from over 44 countries, such as U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Thailand, and South Korea and so on. There are two Chinese-foreign cooperative education programs, including the undergraduate law program at Coventry University in the United Kingdom and the Master of Laws Program at Case Western Reserve University in the United States. It is the only university in the western region that undertakes dual-degree programs for Chinese-foreign cooperative education in academic disciplines.
Chongqing Medical University was founded in 1956, partially moved and established from Shanghai First Medical College (the present Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University). It was originally named Chongqing Medical College and renamed Chongqing Medical University in 1985. Chongqing Medical University is among the first batch of institutions approved by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council to award doctoral and master's degrees, and it is also among the first batch of demonstration bases for international students in China approved by the Ministry of Education. Since 2015, CQMU has been a major public medical university that is jointly administrated and supported by the Ministry of Education of China and National Health Commission as well as Chongqing Municipal Government. Chongqing Medical University comprises two campuses, the Yuanjiagang Campus in Yuzhong District and the Jinyun Campus in Chongqing university City, totaling 2,650 acres. It currently has 27,842 full-time students, including 1,423 doctoral students, 6,972 postgraduates, 18,523 undergraduate students, 283 college students (supporting ethnic minority projects), and 641 international students. Chongqing Medical University currently has 8 first-level doctoral degree programmes, 13 first-level master's degree programs, 3 doctoral professional degree programmes, and 12 master's professional degree programmes. It boasts 4 national key disciplines, 11 disciplines ranked in the top 1% globally in ESI, including clinical medicine ranked in the top 0.1% globally, 2 first-class disciplines in Chongqing, and 16 municipal key disciplines of Chongqing in the 14th Five-Year Plan period. Chongqing Medical University has 77 national and provincial research platforms, including 7 national platforms such as national key laboratories, national clinical medicine research centers, national engineering research centers, and national international science and technology cooperation bases, 8 ministerial or commission-level platforms such as key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, international cooperation joint laboratories of the Ministry of Education, collaborative innovation centers co-constructed by the Ministry of Education and provincial departments, and key laboratories of the National Health Commission; and 62 provincial platforms such as Chongqing key laboratories, Chongqing engineering (technology) research centers, Chongqing clinical medicine research centers, think tanks, and science popularization bases. The university actively carries out exchanges and co-operation, and has established co-operative relationships with 56 educational or healthcare institutions in 23 countries and regions in Europe, Asia, North America and Oceania, including the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, Dartmouth College in the United States, the University of British Columbia in Canada, the University College London in the United Kingdom and other internationally renowned universities. CQMU–UoL Joint Institute is the only Joint Educational Institute (JEI) and is the sole Sino-foreign cooperative institute in Central and Western China with a clinical medicine major. Chongqing Medical University currently has 14 affiliated hospitals with nearly 20,000 beds in total, serving nearly 15.46 million annual outpatient visits and 660,000 inpatient visits.
Chongqing Normal University was founded in 1954 with a traceable history dating back to the Public Eastern Sichuan Normal University in 1906. It has three campuses, respectively located in the Chongqing University Town, Shapingba District and Beibei District with total land coverage of 2688 mu. The University has 17 schools, 4 doctor program of general discipline, 24 master programs of general disciplines, 74 full-time undergraduate education programs, and 14 municipal key general disciplines covering 12 subjects, including philosophy, law, economics, education, literature, science, and etc. In the University, there are over 25,000 full-time undergraduate students and above 8100 master or doctor candidates. There are 2,200 active faculty members, including more than 900 senior faculty members and nearly 1,000 PhDs. Following the trend of internationalization, the University has been persisting in open-up operation. It has established sound partnerships with education institutes in more than 30 countries and regions, including Russia, America, Australia and Britain for Sino-foreign joint development, cooperative research, mutual visits of teachers and students, or cooperation and exchange in other forms. It has established overseas education institutes, including Confucius Institute at Education Institute of Rwanda University in Rwanda, Confucius Institute at University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka, Confucius Institute at Edge Hill Universityin UK, and Confucius Institute at Troy University in US, Widyakartika University Chinese Normal College in Indonesia. Also, the University facilitates its “CNU Foreign Students Education Program” to enroll students from all over the world, as a recipient of governmental scholarship, scholarship for Confucius institutes and mayoral scholarship from Chongqing People’s Government for foreign students.
Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications(CQUPT) is recognized as the birthplace of China's digital communication technology and as the cradle for cultivation China's information technology talents. CQUPT was founded in 1950. The key facts of CQUPT are as follows: Located in Chongqing city scenic resort with an area of 730 hectares. 30,000+ full-time students,including 7700+ graduates, 2,100+ full-time faculty members. 17 schools offering 60 undergraduate programs, 25 master programs, 5 PhD programs. 8 National Engineering Laboratories,80+ National and Provincial Research Centers. Engineering,Computer Science,Material Science,Chemistry in the world’s top 1% of ESI disciplines. With 102 partner universities and research institutes in 30+ countries and regions, 500+ international students.
Chongqing Jiaotong University (CQJTU)is a teaching and research university with distinctive transport characteristics, focusing on engineering and coordinated development of multiple disciplines, Founded in 1951, the university now has 15 doctoral programs, 65 master's programs, 58 undergraduate majors, covering engineering, science, management, economics, literature, art and other disciplines, and is one of the earliest universities in Chongqing to teach Chinese as a foreign language. Currently, the university has over 2,000 faculty members, including more than 1,500 full-time teachers and more than 700 senior titles. There are more than 27,000 full-time students,Among them, there are over 3,500 doctoral and master's students and 24,000 undergraduates currently enrolled,Over 150,000 talents of various types and levels have been cultivated cumulatively.The university started to recruit international students in 2004, established Confucius Institute with University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin in 2009, hosted the Confucius Institute in Washington State, USA in 2021,set up Chinese Language and Culture Training Centre in 2010.got the approval of Chongqing's first HSK test site in 2012, opened the undergraduate major of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages in 2014, and then opened undergraduate majors of International Trade, Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation, Civil Engineering, Tourism Management, and so on taught in English,Master of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages and Master of Business Management(MBM) approved in 2018, More than 1,000 international students from 31 countries across five continents have been trained, they are engaged in translation, management, Chinese language education and infrastructure construction in Chinese-funded transport and engineering organizations, Confucius Institutes (Classrooms), Chinese and foreign trade enterprises, and cultural exchanges and training, institutes, and are well received by the units and affirmed by the society.
Sichuan International Studies University (Chuan Wai or SISU for short), one of the first four state run foreign language colleges in China, sits in Shapingba District, Chongqing Municipality. It is a full-time university approved by the Ministry of Education and run by Chongqing Municipal People's Government. Carrying on the founding spirit of "unity, diligence, rigorous attitude and realistic approach" and abiding by the motto of "global vision, academic excellence", the university distinguishes itself with an international perspective, a focus on foreign language education, and a commitment to diversifying disciplines. The university has strategized pursuing qualitative development that prioritizes academic excellence, stresses international exchange and balanced development of all disciplines. The university has now evolved into a multi-disciplinary higher institution. In addition to the core discipline of foreign languages and literature, the university also offers doctoral, master, bachelor degrees and diploma programs in Chinese language and literature, journalism and communication, education, economics, management, law and other disciplines. The university also offers a post-doctoral research program in foreign languages and literature. The university academic journals Foreign Languagesand Literature and English Studies are well recognized among the academia. The university is a key provider of foreign language and international communication professionals and a leader in international studies, economic and foreign trade research in the southwest region of China. There are 55 undergraduate majors, of which 26 are foreign language majors (24 foreign languages). There are currently more than 17,000 full-time students and 1,349 faculty members. The university covers an area of 71 hectares and has complete teaching facilities, including the most complete foreign language teaching multimedia classrooms in Southwest China, a pronunciation laboratory, a simultaneous interpretation laboratory, a translation laboratory, a business simulation laboratory, a comprehensive communication skills laboratory, and an interlanguage corpus laboratory, and the Chongqing Foreign Affairs Experimental Center. SISU has established international cooperation and exchange programs with more than 100 universities and institutions in over 30 countries or regions. It has set up 3 Confucius Institutes jointly with the Russian University of Nizhni Novgorod, the Togolese University of Lomé, and the Central Education Service Center in Eastern Ohio, USA. Additionally, the university has set up one Confucius Class in Siyuan Chinese Language School in Ecuador.
