A Brief Introduction of Southwest University (SWU)
Duties, Responsibilities and Benefits
Recruiting Plan of SWU for Teaching and Research
Contacts

A Brief Introduction of Southwest University (SWU)　　back to top

Southwest University (SWU) is a key comprehensive university, under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education. It was newly established in July 2005 through the incorporation of former Southwest China Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University upon the approval of the Ministry of Education. SWU is situated nearby the beautiful Jialing River, and is located at the foot of Jinyun Mountain, a state level scenic spot, in Beibei District, Chongqing Municipality.

The former Southwest China Normal University was one of the key comprehensive universities under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. Originally it was named Southwest Teachers College and was established through the merging of the former National Women's Teachers College and the Sichuan Provincial Educational College in 1950. It was then renamed Southwest China Normal University in 1985.

The former Southwest Agricultural University was established in 1950, originally being named Southwest Agricultural College. This university was established through the merging of relevant sections and departments of the former Sichuan Provincial Educational College, the Western China University and Xianghui College. Approved by the State Council, it became one of the national key universities in 1979, and was then renamed Southwest Agricultural College followed by Southwest Agricultural University in 1985. In 2001, a new Southwest Agricultural University was established through combining with the former Sichuan Animal Husbandry and Veterinary College, the Citrus Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agriculture.

Before being united, Southwest China Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University were neighbors with only a wall separating the two institutions. Both universities had a long historic relationship, which could be traced back to their common origin, i.e. East Sichuan Teachers College in 1906.

Southwest China Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University have already cultivated a variety of graduates, more than 200,000 since their establishment. On the basis of long-term building and development, both universities formed their special characteristics in teachers' education and agricultural education respectively. The universities excel in a number of disciplines including pedagogy, psychology and agronomy. Among them, the silkworm genome research takes the lead in the world, and fundamental psychology and pedagogy have taken a national lead. Other great achievements include natural fallowing, silkworm gene bank, southwest ethnic education and psychology research, and human time cognition and so on. Hundreds of new technologies and achievements have brought with them outstanding social and economic benefits.

The following statistical data offer a profile of SWU: 

* Campus area of 9,000 Chinese mu (= 600 hectares), with the facilities area of almost 1,500,000 square meters;
* A library with 3,800,000 volumes of book 
* 2 state level key disciplines 
* 9 first level disciplines and 66 specialties that can offer Ph.D. degrees
* 9 post-doctoral research centers 
* 159 specialties that can offer Master's degrees and 5 professional Master's degrees 
* 36 provincial/ministry level key disciplines, 27 provincial/ministry level key laboratories
* 5 key liberal arts research bases of Chongqing municipality
* 97 Bachelor's degrees
* In total, there are 11 disciplinary categories, covering 40 first level subjects.

SWU has a strong faculty team: 

* 2,650 full time teachers, and 300 professional researchers 
* 349 professors (research fellows), and 739 associate professors (associate research fellows)
* 113 Ph.D. supervisors, and 513 Master's degree tutors
* 1 top scientist of Chinese Academy of Science 
* 2 top scientists of Chinese Academy of Engineering
* 75 state level and/or provincial/ministry level experts
* 173 academic leading and/or nominated scholars
* 15 outstanding state level experts
* More than 40 professors being members of the State Council Academic Degree Committee and its Disciplinary Sub-committee, Sci-tech Committee of Ministry of Education, Assessment Committee of National Natural Science Foundation, Assessment Committee of National Philosophical Social Science Foundation, vice director, advisor and/or members of National Committee of Teaching Supervision
* More than 70 professors acting as the positions of director, vice director, and/or executive director of the national above-second level societies
* More than 20 professors are very influential in their respective academic fields
* Over 1,400 projects/programs to be funded by "973 Project", "863 Project", National Natural Science Foundation, and National Social Science Foundation etc.

Southwest University has a variety of students numbering over 50,000. Its scale and levels are ranked ahead of other higher education institutions in the western China. Till now, Southwest University has had close communication and cooperation in research and academic studies with international universities and/or institutes from more than 30 countries and/or regions, including the US, UK, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, Russia and Canada etc., and enjoys long term partnership with over 20 of these universities.

Duties, Responsibilities and Benefits　　back to top

Talented category		Responsibilities	Benefits	Remarks
A	Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering	1. You should plan, organize and realize subjects' construction and development; lead the construction of key subject and key laboratory; improve the subject to be one of the most advanced all over the world. 2. You should Apply for national key research project. (Personally or in research group). 3. You should train and introduce young highly qualified talented. Constitute academy group with creating ability and international competitive power. 4. You should Higher the quality of subject throughout international academic interaction. 5. You should Open course on the subject or area related to the subject. The course should include present time's state of art. Publish highly qualified text books or teaching outline.	1. We will purchase a 200 square meters' apartment for you (without decoration). You will get the ownership after 5 year's work. 2. We will pay you 500,000 rmb to relocate. 3. We will provide you 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 rmb for research purpose. 4. Your annual salary will be 400,000 rmb. 5. We will provide you assistants. 6. We will provide you a car for work or everyday use. 7. We will provide you 100,000 annually for office use. 8. Medical care will be free. 9. If your husband or wife is under the age to retire, he or she can relocate with you and have a job.
B	Leader of nation key subject or laboratory under age of 55	1. You should plan, organize and realize subjects' construction and development; lead the subject to be one of the most advanced all over the world. 2. You should Apply for national key research project. (Personally or in research group). 3. You are responsible for construction of research group of the subject and training and introduction of cadre. 4. You should open course on the core of the subject and on present time's state of art (for undergraduate and graduate).	1. We will purchase a 160 square meters' apartment for you (without decoration). You will get the ownership after 6 year's work. 2. We will pay you 300,000 rmb to relocate. 3. We will provide you an assistant. 4. We will provide you starting money for research. ( 300,000-400,000 rmb for art, 800,000-1,000,000 rmb for science and technology) 5. Your special salary will be 5,000 rmb per month. 6. A car for work is guaranteed. 7. We will provide you 50,000 annually for office use. 8. If your husband or wife is under the age to retire, he or she can relocate with you and have a job.
C	Specialist with great contribution, winner of "National Outstanding Youth Funds", first, second level and national candidates of national new century "qian bai wan talented" project, winner of national "famous teachers" (under the age of 50)	1. You should plan, organize and realize subjects′ construction and development; lead the subject to be one of the most advanced all over the world. 2. You should Apply for national key research project or key project of province or department. (Personally or in research group). 3. You are responsible for construction of research group of the subject and training and introduction of cadre. 4. You should in charge of the transition of research achievements and functional development of research instrument. 5. You should open course on the core of the subject and on present time's state of art (for undergraduate and graduate).	1. We will purchase a 140 square meters' apartment for you (without decoration). You will get the ownership after 8 year's work. 2. We will pay you 150,000 rmb to relocate. 3. We will provide you an assistant. 4. We will provide you starting money for research. ( 200,000-250,000 rmb for art, 450,000-650,000 rmb for science and technology) 5. Your special salary will be 3,000 rmb per month. 6. If your husband or wife is under the age to retire, he or she can relocate with you and have a job.
D	tutor of a Ph.D. student who are supported by "support outstanding talented in the new century " plan of department of education (under the age of 45)	1. You should involve in planning, organizing and realizing subjects' construction and development; lead the subject to be one of the most advanced all over the world (in one research interest). 2. You should Apply for national research project or project of province or department. 3. You are responsible for construction of research group of the subject and training and introduction of cadre (in one research interest). 4. You should open course on the core of the subject and on present time's state of art (for undergraduate and graduate).	1. We will purchase a 120 square meters' apartment for you (without decoration). You will get the ownership after 8 year's work. The apartment can be changed into money 2. We will pay you 100,000 rmb to relocate. 3. We will provide you starting money for research. ( 100,000-150,000 rmb for art, 200,000-300,000 rmb for science and technology) 4. You will be paid 1000 rmb for everyday use per month in first 5 years. 5. If your husband or wife is under the age to retire, he or she can relocate with you and have a job.
E	Professor with a Ph.D. degree under the age of 45 or Ph.D. of famous universities overseas who worked as an assistant professor or above under the age of 45.	1. You should involve in planning, organizing and realizing subjects′ construction and development; lead the subject to be one of the most advanced all over the world (in one research interest). 2. You should Apply for national research project or project of province or department. 3. You are responsible for construction of research group of the subject and training and introduction of cadre (in one research interest). 4. You should open course on the core of the subject and on present time's state of art (for undergraduate and graduate).	1. We will provide you temporary apartment and housing money. 2. We will pay you 80,000 rmb to relocate. 3. We will provide you starting money for research. ( 60,000-100,000 rmb for art, 100,000-200,000 rmb for science and technology) 4. You will be paid 1000 rmb for everyday use per month in first 5 years. 5. If you are qualified, you can be hired as a professor (throughout speciality assessment). 6. We will assist with your husband or wife finding a new job.
F	Ph.D.	1. You should assist your leader with planning, organizing and realizing subjects' construction and development. 2. You should Apply for project of province or department. 3. You should involve in construction of research group of the subject and training and introduction of cadre (in one research interest). 4. You should open course on the core of the subject (for undergraduate).	1. We will provide you temporary apartment and housing money. 2. We will pay you 30,000-40,000 rmb to relocate. 3. We will provide you starting money for research. ( 30,000 rmb for art, 50,000 rmb for science and technology) 4. You will be paid 300 rmb for everyday use per month in first 5 years. 5. If your research achievements are outstanding, you can be hired as an assistant professor (throughout speciality assessment).

Notice: Other introduced talented should find their responsibilities and benefits according to this table. We will deal with special ones according to their specified situation.