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The Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST; ) is a provincial public university in
Mianyang Mianyang (; formerly known as Mienchow) is the second largest prefecture-level city of Sichuan province in Southwest China. Located in north-central Sichuan covering an area of consisting of Jiangyou, a county-level city, five counties, and thr ...
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Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of t ...
. There are 17 schools in the university. The campus has over 29,000 students: graduate and undergraduate. As of 2015, Xiao Zhengxue (肖正学) is the president. It covers an area of 4088 mu. It is the second largest university in Sichuan province. The motto of Southwest University of Science and Technology is to be moral, to be learned, to be practical, and to be innovative.


History

The university originated with the 1939 founding of the Sichuan Jiangjin Ceramics Vocational and Technical School and the Sichuan Provincial Advanced Agricultural Vocational School, which occurred during the Sino-Japanese War. The campus was originally the Mianyang branch of
Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (; abbr. THU) is a national public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Projec ...
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Department

There are 17 departments, colleges, and schools:Schools & Departments1
. Southwest University of Science and Technology. Retrieved on November 5, 2014. * College of Adult Education * College of Network Education * Department of Physical Education * School of Applied Technology * School of Chinese Literature and Arts * School of Civil Engineering and Architecture * School of Computer Science and Technology * School of Economy and Management * School of Environmental Resources and Engineering * School of Foreign Languages and Cultures * School of Information Engineering * School of Law * School of Life Science and Engineering * School of Manufacturing Science and Engineering * School of Material Science and Engineering * School National Defense Science and Technology * School of Science


See also

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Lin Xiangdi Lin Xiangdi (; 8 February 1934 – 29 July 2018) was a Chinese optoelectronic engineer. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and served as president of the Southwest University of Science and Technology in Sichuan. Biogr ...
, former president of Southwest University of Science and Technology


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