Southwest University for Nationalities

The Southwest University for Nationalities (SWUN) is a multi-disciplinary higher education institute that includes literature, history, philosophy, economics, management, law and natural science. The university is located in Chengdu, the ?Land of Abundance?, and is in adjacent to the famous Wuhou Temple. The university was founded in July 1950 and was officially established on June 1st, 1950.Directly under the control of the State Ethnic Affairs Committee, it is one of the earliest minority university in China and was cared for by the famous revolutionaries such as Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping,Liu Bocheng, He Long, Wang Wenzhou and .Approves by the State Education Department , the university was renamed as ?Southwest University for Nationalities? from ?South College for Nationalities? on April 16,2003. It covers an area of over 3000 mu with 1120,000 square meters for construction area, including old campus, new campus, Taipingyang campus.