1. The predecessor of the school - Southwest Institute of Technology
In 1939, Jiangjin Kiln Technical School.
In 1949, Jiangjin Kiln Technical School was renamed Sichuan District Jiangjin Kiln Technical School (under the Ministry of Culture and Education of the Southwest Military and Political Commission).
In 1950, the Jiangjin Kiln Technical School in Eastern Sichuan District was renamed the Cadre School of the Southwest Industry Ministry (the affiliation is the same as above).
The Southwest Industry Cadre School was renamed as the Southwest Construction Engineering School (the affiliation is the same as above).
In 1952, Southwest Architectural Engineering School and Chongqing First Civil Architecture School merged to form Chongqing Architectural Engineering School (the affiliation is the same as above).
In 1958, Chongqing Architectural Engineering School was upgraded to Chongqing Building Materials College (affiliated to the Central Ministry of Construction Engineering).
In 1962, the school’s name was changed to Chongqing Building Materials Industry School (affiliated to the Central Construction Engineering Department).
In 1964, it was renamed Sichuan Non-Metal Mining Work-Study Secondary Technical School (affiliated to the Ministry of Building Materials Industry).
In 1974, the school moved to Mianyang and was renamed Sichuan Building Materials Industry School (the affiliation is the same as above).
In early 1978, with the approval of the State Council, the school was upgraded to Sichuan Building Materials Industry College (affiliated to the National Building Materials Industry Bureau), and then the school moved to the former Mianyang Branch of Tsinghua University.
In 1993, the former State Education Commission approved the school to change its leadership and management system and change its name to Southwest Institute of Technology (affiliated to the National Bureau of Building Materials Industry).
In 1998, Mianyang Textile Technical School and Mianyang Silk Technical School were merged into Southwest Institute of Technology. ?
2. Mianyang Economic and Technical College
In 1952, Suining Agricultural School in Sichuan Province.
In 1978, the school moved to Mianyang and operated on the site of the original Sichuan Mianyang Agricultural College, and was renamed Mianyang Agricultural College.
In 1995, the school was renamed Mianyang Economic and Technical College.
3. Merger and establishment
On August 23, 2000, with the approval of the State Council, the Southwest Institute of Technology and the Southwest University of Science and Technology were established to celebrate the 10th anniversary< /p>
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the establishment of Southwest University of Science and Technology
Yang College of Economics and Technology merged to form Southwest University of Science and Technology.
On December 21, 2000, Southwest University of Science and Technology was officially established.
In 2001, the school became one of the 14 national key universities in western China.
According to the deployment of the Ministry of Education’s “Counterpart Support Plan for Higher Education Institutions in the Western Region” and the requirements of Jiaogao [2001] No. 2 document, in July 2001, the University of Science and Technology of China and Southwest University of Science and Technology formally signed a counterpart support agreement. , began to formally implement the counterpart support plan for Southwest University of Science and Technology. ?
In 2002, the school became one of the 67 modern distance education pilot universities across the country.
In 2003, Southwest University of Science and Technology was awarded the National University Science and Technology Park.
In 2004, the school’s robotics team won the China regional championship and the Asia-Pacific region runner-up.
In 2006, the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the People’s Government of Sichuan Province signed an agreement to establish Southwest University of Science and Technology. In the same year, the Institute of National Defense Technology was established.
In 2007, the school passed the undergraduate teaching level evaluation of the Ministry of Education, and the conclusion was excellent.
In 2009, the school won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.
In 2010, the school became a doctorate-authorized construction school. In October of the same year, the Sichuan Provincial People's Government and the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense jointly established Southwest University of Science and Technology.
In August 2013, the Sichuan Provincial People’s Government and the Ministry of Education officially established Southwest University of Science and Technology. ? In the same month, it was approved as a doctorate-granting unit. ?
In April 2016, the University of Science and Technology of China renewed the counterpart support agreement with the school during the “13th Five-Year Plan” period. ? In June, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the Sichuan Provincial People's Government continued to jointly build Southwest University of Science and Technology during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period. ?
In February 2017, the school signed a strategic cooperation agreement with a division of the Sichuan Army Reserve to establish the discipline of military science.
In March 2017, the school was selected into the "National Basic Capacity Building Project for Colleges and Universities in Central and Western China".
In May 2018, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Sichuan Provincial People's Government jointly issued the "Notice on Approving the Construction of the Provincial and Ministries' National Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Energy Materials" (National Science and Technology Development Foundation [National Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Energy Materials] 2018〕No. 32), approved the establishment of the National Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Energy Materials by the Provincial and Ministry of School Construction.
Extended information:
1. Faculty
As of October 2018, the school has more than 2,600 faculty and staff, including: 293 with senior professional titles, There are 642 people with deputy senior professional titles; there are 585 doctoral and master's degree supervisors.
Thirteen academicians were appointed from board of directors and other institutions; there are distinguished professors of the "Changjiang Scholars Award Program", national "Thousand Talents Plan", "New Century Talent Project", "Ministry of Education New More than 160 people including candidates for the "Century Talent Plan", experts enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, outstanding experts with outstanding contributions in Sichuan Province, academic and technical leaders and reserve candidates in Sichuan Province, candidates for the "Sichuan Thousand Talents Plan", and famous teaching teachers in Sichuan Province .
There are "Biological Effects in Nuclear Waste Environment" National Defense Science and Technology Innovation Team, "Carbon Nanomaterials" and "Special Polymers" Sichuan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Team, and "Photoelectric Detection Technology and Research" etc. 10 innovation teams of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Education. There is a high-level social science research team in Sichuan Province for “Military-Civil Integration Research”.
2. Hardware Facilities
As of October 2018, the school campus covers an area of ??4,131 acres, with beautiful environment and complete facilities. It is a good place for studying and studying. The school has a construction area of ??1.17 million square meters, a total fixed assets value of 2.3 billion yuan, and the value of teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment has reached 716 million yuan.
The school library has a construction area of ??37,800 square meters and contains more than 2.2 million paper books and more than 7.81 million electronic books. The business covers 16 reference rooms across the school; the library is divided into two parts. The West Garden of the campus is the engineering library mainly focusing on engineering collections, and the east center central library was opened in 2003.
The whole library has more than 30 reading rooms and self-study rooms of various types, and 4923 reading seats, with complete functions and excellent environment. There are more than 30 network and mirror databases. The collection highlights materials, resources, environment, computers, electronics, machinery, architecture, agriculture and other subjects.
3. Cooperation and exchange
Southwest University of Science and Technology adheres to the principle of openness and actively carries out international and regional academic exchanges and cooperation. Since the mid-1980s, the school has adhered to the path of international development and established extensive cooperation and exchange relationships with foreign (overseas) universities and scientific research institutions.
Currently working with the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Chile, the Netherlands, Finland, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Thailand, and Israel More than 30 universities and scientific research institutions in countries and regions such as Belgium, Russia, etc. have carried out various forms of cooperation and exchange activities, established multiple cooperation platforms, and launched a number of beneficial scientific and educational cooperation projects.
The school has hosted and completed major international cooperation projects such as the "Western China Distance Education Project" funded by the Canadian government and the "Development of Low-Cost Higher Education and Training Modules for Wastewater Treatment Technology" funded by the European Union.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia—Southwestern University of Science and Technology