Southwest University of political science and law

essential information

Historical evolution

The former name of the University was Southwest College of political science and law, and its predecessor was southwest people's revolutionary University established in 1950 with Marshal Liu Bocheng as its president.

In 1953, based on the Department of political science and law of southwest people's revolutionary University, the law school (Department) was formally established by merging Chongqing University, Sichuan University, Guizhou University, Yunnan University and Chongqing University of Finance and economics.

At the beginning of its establishment, the school received the cordial care of the old generation of proletarian revolutionaries such as Deng Xiaoping and Liu Bocheng, who were then in charge of the Southwest Bureau. General Zhou Baozhong, former commander in chief of the second route army of the Northeast Anti Japanese coalition army, became the first president. Mr. Guo Moruo personally inscribed the name of the school.

In 1954, the school moved from Hualong bridge on the Jialing River to the tomb of the martyrs at the foot of Gele Mountain. In 1958, Chongqing Branch of the central public security college was incorporated into the school. Due to its special background, the university has been known as the "Southwest Associated University" of law education in New China.

The school has experienced many times of subordinate relationship changes from southwest region, Ministry of justice, Sichuan Province, Supreme People's court, Ministry of justice, Chongqing City, etc. It was forced to stop during the cultural revolution.

In 1977, with the approval of the State Council, it took the lead in reopening similar colleges and universities in China. In 1978, it was approved by the State Council as one of the first batch of national key universities, and also the only key university among the political and Law Universities under the Ministry of justice. In 1993, it became the authorized unit of doctor's degree. In 1995, the University changed its name to Southwest University of political science and law. In 1999, it was selected into the first batch of national college students' cultural quality education bases.

In 2001, Yubei campus, located in Liangjiang New District, was constructed. In 2003, it became one of the first batch of authorized units for doctorate degree in law. In 2004, with the approval of the Ministry of personnel, a mobile post doctoral research station was set up. In 2007, the school office center moved from Shapingba campus to Yubei campus. In 2008, Southwest University of political science and law became a key university in Chongqing supported by the Ministry of education. In 2010, it was selected as the national "characteristic key discipline project" construction university.

At the end of 2011, he was selected into the public postgraduate program of national construction high level university.

In March 2012, with the approval of the Ministry of education, it became a pilot university to carry out independent enrollment; in October, it entered the ranks of universities jointly built by the Ministry and the city; in November, it was selected into the first batch of excellent legal talents education and training plans of the Ministry of education and the central political and Law Commission.

In 2016, it was selected into the national "Midwest university basic capacity building project".

In 2017, it was selected as the first-class discipline construction university in Chongqing.

In March 2018, the school was selected into the first batch of national new engineering research and practice projects of the Ministry of education.

In April 2020, Southwest University of political science and law was approved three double bachelor degree compound talents training projects, which is the first university in Chongqing to be approved.

On May 12, the University Alliance of Chengdu Chongqing double city economic circle was jointly established with Sichuan University and other universities.

In June, he launched and joined the law education innovation alliance.

School running conditions

Faculty

As of August 2018, the school has more than 2000 staff. Among them, there are more than 600 teachers with senior professional and technical positions, including the second batch of leading talents in philosophy and Social Sciences under the national "ten thousand talents plan", national cultural celebrities and "four one batch" talents, national high-level talents special support plan "leading talents in philosophy and Social Sciences", "leading talents in the ten million project", "young top-notch talents" and "ten million talents project in the new century" National level candidates, young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions from the state, "new century excellent talents support plan" candidates, State Council government special subsidy experts, national top ten outstanding young jurists, Chongqing high-level talents special support plan candidates, Chongqing outstanding professional and technical talents, Chongqing young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions, Chongqing "Bayu scholars" Distinguished Professor There are 3 national teaching teams and 10 Chongqing teaching teams.

National famous teacher (1 person): Tian Ping'an

Chongqing famous teachers (3 persons): Zhao Zhongjie, Sun Peng, Tian Pingan

Distinguished professor of Chongqing Liangjiang Scholars Program (1 person)

Chongqing "Bayu distinguished professor" (5 persons)

National teaching team (3)

Chongqing teaching team (10)

Department major

As of August 2018, the university has set up 16 colleges and opened 23 undergraduate majors. It has formed a multi-level and multi-type talent training pattern with law as the main subject, coordinated development of philosophy, economics, literature, management, engineering and other disciplines, from undergraduate to postgraduate and doctoral education, as well as continuing education and international student education.

Department setting

 

Specialty setting

 

Double bachelor's degree compound talents training program: Journalism + law, law + business administration, law + English

 

Teaching construction

quality engineering

As of June 2014, the university has 6 national excellent courses, 2 excellent video open courses, 1 excellent resource sharing course, 4 national characteristic specialty construction sites, 2 national talent training mode innovation experimental areas, 1 national experimental teaching demonstration center, and 1 National off campus practice education base for university students.

 

National Excellent Courses (6): Criminal Procedure Law, economic law, civil procedure law, jurisprudence, commercial law, civil law

 

National quality video open course (2 courses): Civil Procedure Law, history of Chinese legal system

 

National bilingual model courses (2): case analysis of foreign civil and commercial law and international trade law

 

National excellent resource sharing course (1 course): Business Law

 

National characteristic specialty construction points (4): Law, investigation, administration and journalism

 

National Talent Training Mode Innovation Experimental Zone (2): investigation talent training mode, compound intellectual property application talent training mode

National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center (1): evidence Technology Experimental Center

 

National College Students' off campus practice education base (1): law education practice base of Southwest University of political science and law

 

Teaching achievements

From 2000 to 2014, the University won 28 awards for teaching achievements at or above the provincial and ministerial level, among which 3 teaching and research achievements won the second prize of the fourth, fifth and sixth national higher education teaching achievement awards respectively; 4 teaching materials won the first and second prizes of national excellent teaching materials of ordinary colleges and universities of the Ministry of education, and 9 teaching materials won the first, second and third prizes of national law teaching materials and scientific research achievements awards respectively Nine textbooks were approved to enter the "11th Five Year Plan" textbook project sequence.

 

Discipline construction

As of July 2014, the university has 1 first-class discipline doctoral degree authorization point, 10 second-class discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 7 first-class discipline master's degree authorization points, 37 second-class discipline master's degree authorization points, 6 Master's professional degree authorization points, 2 national key disciplines, 7 Chongqing key disciplines, and 1 post doctoral research mobile station.

 

On December 28, 2017, the degree and graduate education development center of the Ministry of Education announced the results of the fourth round of national discipline evaluation. School law was selected as A-class discipline, which is the only one in Chongqing. Journalism and communication and political science ranked first in Chongqing; public management and philosophy ranked second in Chongqing.

 

Mobile post doctoral research station (1): mobile post doctoral research station of law

Key subjects

 

Degree authorization point

Foreign exchange

As of June 2014, the university has established cooperation and exchange relations with more than 60 institutions and institutions in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and other countries, as well as in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan; it has jointly established the first Confucius Institute in the northwest of the United States with the University of Montana.

The University adheres to long-term employment of foreign experts and acceptance of foreign students, and selects its teachers and students to study and exchange abroad. It has been funded by the "excellent undergraduate international exchange program" of the national study abroad foundation of the people's Republic of China. The school has established "Chongqing Center for international training of local governments of the United Nations Institute for training and research" and "China ASEAN legal research center" to provide services for the school's foreign cooperation and exchange.

 

academic research

Research institutions

As of June 2014, the university has 7 municipal key research bases of Humanities and Social Sciences, 5 university level research institutes, 14 university level scientific research bases, and 1 "advantageous characteristic discipline laboratory" jointly built by the central and local governments.