Southwest University of Science and Technology(SWUST）is located in Mianyang--the only Science and Technology City in China, which is surrounded by green mountains and with beautiful Fujiang River running through. Mianyang boasts a magical land that had produced numerous talents and is the hometown of Dayu and Libai. The site where the campus stands now used to be occupied by the Mianyang branch of Tsinghua University. SWUSTdates back to 1939 during the Anti-Japanese War when Sichuan Jiang Jin Ceramics Vocational and Technical School and Sichuan Provincial Advanced Agricultural Vocational Schoool were founded.

Having witnessed many hardships and several relocations, SWUST has developed into a comprehensive regular full-time undergraduate university in Sichuan Province authorized to confer doctoral degree and a university jointly constructed by the State Administration of Science and Technology Industry of National Defence (SASTIND) and people's Government of Sichuan Province. SWUST has become the one of 14 key institutions of higher learning which enjoys the priority for fuether development and approved by Ministry of Education and one of the pilot universities for modern distance education in China. It is qualified to recommend excellent undergraduates to pursue graduate studies without entrance exams and offer programs for part-time graduate students to apply for the master's degree and admit international students. The university adoptsa management system of joint construction by the ministries, the province and the city, with Sichuan province playing the leading role. And the university has been ranked as the “National Civilized Unit”.

There are over 30000 college and graduate students. Besides Academy of Science and Technology for National defense, it consists of 17 schools, 72 majors for undergraduates, the university has a range of disciplines covering 9 categories, namely, Engineering, Agriculture, Science, Economy, Law, Liberal Arts, Manegement, Education, Medicine and Arts. SWUST has 17 key disciplines coffering the master's degree in 4 categories: Engineering(13 fields), Business and Administration, Law and Translation and Interpreting. There are four subjects which confer the doctoral degree based on the cooperation with China Academy of Engineering Physics.

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.