Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences is a full-time comprehensive institution of higher education under the leadership of the Chongqing Municipal Government of P.R.China. So far it is the sole university in China to have gained accreditation of the quality management system certification of ISO9001, the environmental management system certification of ISO14001, and the occupational health and safety management system certification of GB/T28001.
The university is located in the Weixing Lake Cultural Tourism District of Yongchuan, a city situated on the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Corridor. It enjoys convenient transportation and beautiful campuses, and is an ideal place for scientific research and study. The University now has 3 campuses, covering over 1880 mu. Xinghu Campus of the university, lying at the foot of Huanggua Mountain and by the side of the Weixing Lake, boasts of its attractive scenery and has been awarded the title “Garden-like Unit” of provincial level. Its library has a collection of 1,200,000 books and periodicals.
The university now has a staff of 1342, among whom there are over 200 professors and associate professors. In addition, from time to time, the university has a number of experts and scholars who are famous at home and abroad as its guest professors or part-time professors. At present, there are 14 departments and schools, 29 undergraduate-level specialties such as Chinese Language and Literature, English, Law, Political Science, Economic Management, Pedagogy, Psychology, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Technology, Physics, Information Technology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Biology, Agricultural Technology, Physical Education, Music, and Fine Arts. Now there are over 13,000 full-time undergraduates.
The university has over 20 scientific research organizations such as the Regional Economy Research Institute, the Bayu Culture Research Institute, the Southwest Nationalities Research Institute, the Simianshan Mountain Resource Research Institute, the Research Institute of World Cultural Heritage—Dazu Stone Carvings, the Research Institute of Children Psychological Development and Education, and the Institute of Applied Chemical Technology.
Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences attaches great importance to developing international cooperation and exchange. The university has successively established relationships with three countries universities and educational and scientific research organizations, such as Northwest Polytechnic University of USA, Northern Melbourne Institute of Technical and Further Education of Australia and International Coordination Council of Educational Institutions Alumni of Russia. The university invites both long-term and short-term foreign experts and scholars to work, to lecture, and to do cooperative research every year. The university enrolls overseas Chinese students and international students for further education and degrees.
The experiences you have at Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences will remain with you for the rest of your life. Not only in the new-found knowledge and understanding you gain, but in the people who help you find it—new friends, fellow students, tutors and lecturers. Working or studying in the university really does change your life.