Southwest University of Science and Technology

The Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST; ) is a provincial public university in Mianyang, Sichuan, China. It is affiliated with the Sichuan Provincial People's Government, and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China, SASTIND, and the Sichuan Provincial Government.

The university has 17 schools. The campus has over 29,000 students: graduate and undergraduate. The university covers an area of 4088 mu. As of 2015, Xiao Zhengxue (肖正学) is the president.

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.

Department
There are 17 departments, colleges, and schools:
 * 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