Currently,SWUST boasts one basic discipline for National Defence,11 Key Disciplines at the Provincial Level,6 featured majors constructed at the national level,1 badly-needed major for National Defence,1 Key major for Naional Defence and 15 featured majors at the provincial level.It also possesses 1 development base of state key laboratory jointed constructed by Sichuan province and the Ministry of Science and Technology.1 Key displinary Laboratory for National Defence,2 Key Laboratories jointly constructed by Bechance Provincial Ministry of Education,one Research Center for Engineering approved by ministry of Education,1 Key Laboratory at the provincial level,one Provincial Engineering Research Center,10 Key Provincial Laboratories,3 provincial Humanity and Social Science Research Bases,21 reserach Institutions,1 National Level Experiment Education Model Center.In addtion,the university offer 3 National Fine Courses and processes,2 National Level Teaching Teams and 6 Provincial Level Teams.
Among over 2200 faculty members,there are more than 1700 full-time teachers,a member of Chinese Academy of Engineerig (CAG),more than 700 associate and full professor.There is a team of scientific and technological innovations for national defence and 17 academicians are employed from board units.SWUST boasts a group of doctoral supervisors,experts who enjoy special government allowances from the State Council,outstanding contributive experts with great and academic and technical leaders in Sichuan province.
For having been located in the west part of China,SWUST has developed a campus spirit of“work arduously and strive for innovations”and established a motto of “Morility,Komwledge,Determination and Innvation”under the guidance of the educaional philosophy of “cultivation,morality,rationality,toleranceand excellence”and the educational methodology of “quality,talent,feature and harmony”.
The university highlights the idea of openness,deepens the reform of its educational system and strenthen the joint efforts made by businesses,institutions and the university itself to promote education in this region.It has set up the board of directors consisting of 36 large-scale research institutes and enterprises such as China Academy of Engineering Physics,China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center,Sichuan Changhong Electronics limiter company with being the chairman and vice governer of Sichuan province who is in charge of education.The university has been appionted some senior experits and technicians from the board unions as professors and assoicate professors and made up a team of high-qualified part-time teachers.By co-establishing and sharing 17 labs with the board unions sharing resources and managing jointly,SWUST has rapidly improved its educational level and promoted the common development of the board members,resulting in distinct feature of co-construction and joint management by business,institutions and the university itself.
SWUST has actively conducted extensive foreign exchanges and cooperation and has successively established relationships with more than 30 universities and research institutions in such countries as American,Britain and Canada.With all-dimensional and muti-level international communications and cooperation in the fields of instruction,research and talent cultivation,SWUST has witnessed an ever-expanding scope of international cooperation.In rcently years,the university has successfully accomplished some significant international cooperative programs such as the Distance Learning Programme in West China,sponsored by the Canadian government and development higher education and training module of low cost waste-water treatment technology,sponsored by EU,thus geatly improving its education level,scientific and technological power and international influence.
SWUST has been made great efforts to improve its capability of scientific and technological innovations and energetically participating in the regional economic construction.It has produced distinct features and advantages in the exploration of non-metallic mineral and biological resources,advanced construction material nuclear waste and enviromental security,robotics electronic information,biotechnology.Besides,it has set up the National University Scientific Park ratified by Ministry of Science and Technology and Minisry of Education.
