Southwest University of Political Science and Law is the earliest institution of higher learning of political science and law in New China. After the reform and opening up, the first batch of national key universities, the first batch of national education and training bases for outstanding legal talents, the Ministry of Education and the Chongqing Municipal People's Government * * * set up scholarships for overseas students from universities and the China Municipal Government to entrust training institutions, and the second phase of the Central and Western Universities Basic Ability Enhancement Plan was selected as universities.
The school, formerly known as Southwest People's Revolutionary University, was founded in 1950, and its president is Liu Bocheng. In 2004, with the approval of the Ministry of Personnel, a law postdoctoral mobile station was established. On March 20 12, it was approved by the Ministry of Education as a pilot university for independent enrollment; In August of the same year, it was approved by the Central Political and Legal Committee and the Ministry of Education to become the first batch of excellent legal talent education and training bases; Become a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Chongqing Municipal People's Government. 20 16 was selected as the national "Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in the Midwest"; 20 17 was selected as a first-class discipline construction university in Chongqing.