Southwest University for Nationalities (SWUN; Chinese: ??????; pinyin: X?nán mínzú dàxué) -- its name has been officially changed to Southwest Minzu University (SMU), directly under the control of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of China -- is a multi-disciplinary higher education institute. The university was founded in July 1950 and officially established on June 1, 1951.
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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.
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Academics
- Colleges and Majors
Since 2015, the University consists of 23 colleges and offers 83 undergraduate programs.
References
External links
- Official website
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