Southwest University of Political Science and Law&; France), referred to as "western politics", is located in Chongqing. It is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, the earliest institution of higher learning in politics and law in New China, the first batch of national key universities after the reform and opening up, the first batch of national excellent legal talents education and training plan bases, and the first batch of national college students' cultural quality education bases.
The school has established cooperation and exchange relations with more than 60 institutions in the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan provinces. The first Confucius Institute in the northwestern United States was jointly established with the University of Montana.
The school has 7 municipal key research bases of humanities and social sciences, 5 university-level research institutes, 14 university-level research bases, and 1 "laboratories with advantages and characteristics" jointly built by the central and local governments.
As of August 20 18, in the past two years, the school * * * has won 297 vertical scientific research projects at or above the provincial and ministerial level, among which, it won 4 national major projects in 20 17, achieving a historic breakthrough, ranking first among universities in Chongqing. The national social science fund 6 1 project is the first in Chongqing, and the national law and social science fund 3 1 project is the first in similar universities.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Southwest University of Political Science and Law