University of Southwest China
University of Southwest China Southwest University (SWU) |
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founding | 1906 (2005) |
place | Chongqing |
country | People's Republic of China |
Rector | Zhang Weiguo |
Students | approx. 80,000, including 30,000 part-time students (2011–2012) |
Employee | approx. 2,600 (2011–2012) |
Website | www.swu.edu.cn |
The University of Southwest China ( Chinese 西南 大学 , Pinyin Xīnán Dàxué , English Southwest University , abbr. SWU) is a Chinese university in Chongqing .
It was founded in 2005 through a merger of the Southwest China University of Education and the Southwest China Agricultural University. Since then, it has been one of the universities that have been recognized as part of the university elite support program Project 211 . In 2011–2012 it had around 80,000 students, 30,000 of whom were part-time students, and around 2,600 teachers.
The University of Southwest China is a campus university. The campus is 600 hectares and is located in the Beibei district. The university library has 3.8 million books.
See also
Web links
- www.swu.edu.cn Website of the University of Southwest China (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Welcome to SWU. A Brief Introduction to Southwest University (SWU) . In: swu.edu.cn . Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^ A b c d Southwest University - WHED . In: World Higher Education Database (WHED) by International Association of Universities (IAU), whed.net . Retrieved February 7, 2015.
Coordinates: 29 ° 48 ′ 50.1 " N , 106 ° 24 ′ 46.6" E