# Southwest Minzu University

Southwest Minzu University (Chinese: 西南民族大学; pinyin: Xīnán mínzú dàxué), formerly Southwest University for Nationalities (SWUN), is a multi-disciplinary higher education institute under the control of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of China. The university was founded in July 1950 and officially established on June 1, 1951.

## Campuses

The university is in Chengdu and is in adjacent to the famous Wuhou Temple. It covers an area of over 3000 mu with 1120,000 square meters for construction area, over three campuses.
Its main campus is in Wuhou District, in the southwestern section of the 1st ring road encircling central Chengdu. The university has two other campuses: One is in Shuangliu county, near the airport; the Taipingyuan campus is outside the second ring road.
In addition the university maintains the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Ecological Environmental Protection and Advanced Technology for Animal Husbandry in Hongyuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.

## Academics

* Colleges and Programs
| Faculty | Level | Programs |
| College of Arts | Bachelor | Fine Art, Painting, Animation, Sculpture, Photography, Visual Communication Design, Dance, Choreography, Acting for Film, Musicology, Musical Performance(Instrument), Musical Performance(Vocality), Product Design, Fashion Design |
| College of Arts | Master | Fine Art, Studies of Music and Dance, Chinese Art of Ethnic Minority, Art |
| College of Arts | Doctor | Chinese Art of Ethnic Minority |
| College of Literature and Journalism | Bachelor | Chinese Linguistic Literature, Applied Linguistics (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language), Journalism, Studies of Radio, Film and Television |
| College of Literature and Journalism | Master | Chinese Linguistic Literature, Ancient Chinese Literature, Modern Chinese Literature, Chinese Classical Philology, Chinese Etymology, Studies of Art and Literature, Comparative Literature and World Literature, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Ethnic Literature and Communication, Aesthetics |
| College of Foreign Languages | Bachelor | English Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature, French Language and Literature, Korean Language and Literature |
| College of Foreign Languages | Master | Foreign Language and Literature, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, English Language and Literature, Translation and Interpreting |
| College of Law | Bachelor | Studies of Law |
| College of Law | Master | Jurisprudence, Legal History, Constitution and Administrative Law, Science of Criminal Law, Civil Law and Commercial Law, Procedural Law |
| College of Law | Doctor | Studies On the System of Regional Autonomy For Ethnic Minorities |
| College of Management | Bachelor | Accountancy, Financial Management, Business Administration, Human Resource Management (HRM), Marketing, Administrative Management, Public Affairs Management, Logistics Management |
| College of Management | Master | Management Science and Engineering, Business Administration, Public Administration, Studies of Accountancy, Enterprise Management, Technology Economy and Management, Administrative Management, Educational Economics and Management, Social Security, Land Resource Management, Accountancy, Development of Rural Areas |
| College of Business and Economics | Bachelor | Science of Banking, International Economics and Trade, Economics, Public Finance, Insurance Studies, Investment Principles, Finance Engineering |
| College of Business and Economics | Master | Applied Economics(a.Finance; b.Regional Economics; c.National Economics; d.Industrial Economics; e.Public Finance; f.International Trade; g.Labor Economics; h.Quantitative Economics; i.National Defense Economy), Political Economy, Finance, Insurance, |
| College of Business and Economics | Doctor | Chinese Ethnic Economics |
| College of Business and Economics | Postdoctor | Economic and Social Development in Regions Inhabited by Ethnic Groups |
| College of Historical Culture & Tourism | Bachelor | Studies of History, Tourism Management, Studies of Cultural Relics & Museology, Ethnology, Management of Cultural Industry |
| College of Historical Culture & Tourism | Master | Archaeology, History of Particular Subjects, Tourism Management |
| College of Historical Culture & Tourism | Doctor | Economic Development in Southwestern Regions Inhabited by Ethnic Groups, Ecotourism and Resource Economics in Regions Inhabited by Ethnic Groups |
| College of Sociology & Psychology | Bachelor | Social Works, Applied Psychology, Sociology, Preschool Education |
| College of Sociology & Psychology | Master | Community Management |
| College of Electrical & Information Engineering | Bachelor | Electrical Engineering and Automation, Electrical and Information Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Automation, Educational Technology, Applied Physics, Physics |
| College of Electrical & Information Engineering | Master | Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Materials Science, Materials Processing Engineering, Electrical and Information Engineering |
| College of Computer Science & Technology | Bachelor | Computer Science and Technology, Software Engineering, Information Management and Information System, Information and Computing Science, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Network Engineering, Internet of Things Engineering |
| College of Computer Science & Technology | Master | Computer Science, Agricultural Informationization |
| College of Chemistry & Environment Protection Engineering | Bachelor | Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Technology, Environment Science, Materials Chemistry, Environment Engineering |
| College of Chemistry & Environment Protection Engineering | Master | Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Chemicophysics, Polymeric Chemistry and Physics, Ethnic Pharmacochemistry |
| College of Life Science & Technology | Bachelor | Animal Medicine, Animal Pharmacy, Animal Science, Biotechnology, Food Science & Engineering, Food Quality and Safety |
| College of Life Science & Technology | Master | Animal Science, Veterinary Science, Agriculture, Veterinary, Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Animal Genetics&Breeding and Reproduction Science, Animal By-Products Processing and Safety, Clinical Veterinary Science, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Basic Veterinary Medicine, Science of Cultivation, Grass Industry, Food Processing and Safety |
| College of Architecture & Urban Planning | Bachelor | Architecture, Urban-rural Planning, Architecture Landscape, Environmental Design, Product Design |
| College of Architecture & Urban Planning | Master | Planning and Management For Regions Inhabited by Ethnic Groups |
| College of Pharmacy | Bachelor | Pharmaceutical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Preparation, Pharmacy, Science of Chinese Materia Medica, Science of Chinese Materia Medica (Traditional Yi Medicine), Science of Tibetan Medicine |
| College of Pharmacy | Master | Ethnic Pharmaceutical Chemistry |
| College of Physical Education | Bachelor | Social Sports Instruction & Management |
| College of Yi Studies | Bachelor | Chinese Ethnic Language and Literature (①Yi-Chinese Education; ②Yi-English Education; ③Yi-Japanese Education; ④Management of Yi's Cultural Industry; ⑤Yi-Chinese Translation & Interpreting; ⑥Yi Language and Literature), Historical Philology |
| College of Yi Studies | Master | Yi Language and Literature, Historical Bibliography |
| College of Yi Studies | Doctor | Yi Studies |
| College of Tibetan Studies | Bachelor | Chinese Ethnic Language and Literature (①Tibetan Language and Literature; ②Tibetan-English Education; ③Tibetan Studies; ④Tibetan-Chinese Administration; ⑤Management of Tibetan Cultural Industry), Ethnology (Tibetan Studies) |
| College of Tibetan Studies | Master | Tibetan Language and Literature, Logics, Indian Language and Literature |
| College of Tibetan Studies | Doctor | Tibetan Studies |
| College of Preparatory Education | N/A | Preparatory Courses (①Science; ②Liberal Arts; ③Entrusting Training) |
| College of Politics | Master | Marxist Philosophy, Chinese Philosophy, Foreign Philosophy, Ethics, Ethnic Philosophy |
| Institute of Western Ethnic Groups Studies | Master | Religious Studies |
| Institute of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau | Master | Ecology, Science of Grass, Biology |