Southwest Petroleum University is the creation of the new China by the second oil undergraduate institutions is a central and local governments to build, to the Sichuan Provincial People's Government of the teaching and research-oriented universities.
The 20th century in the late 50s, are lagging behind in China's oil industry, far from enough to meet the needs of nation-building, causing a high degree of concern about the party and the country, Chairman Mao Zedong Longchang Sichuan Gas Field inspection visit, the CPC Central Committee General Secretary Deng Xiaoping personally presided over the exploration and development oil and gas fields in Sichuan. In March 1958, at East View of Nanchong, Guang'an wusheng, Suining the British out of three high-yield oil wells flow, shock the country, Minister of Petroleum Industry, General Yu Qiuli charge Nanchong, Sichuan China National Petroleum Corporation started the battle. In order to speed up the development of oil and natural gas resources in Sichuan Province, south-west areas of cooperation for the development of oil and natural gas industry training and technical cadres, the State decided to set up a second oil of higher learning, and school site is located in the Sichuan oil battle command center is located in Nanchong City, Sichuan.
August 1958, the oil industry early in Chengdu the first 643 students enrolled, and then appointed Secretary Ma infrastructure contains a group of young comrades, led by experts and cadres and workers rushed to Nanchong, planning the creation of the Institute. September 20, the oil industry in the Ministry of Education reported to the State Council formally approved the establishment of the Sichuan Petroleum Institute. Since then, the school associated with China's petroleum and natural gas industry development, the beginning of the first students to build the school after the school break conventional practice.
July 1970, the school approved by the State Council changed its name to Southwest Petroleum Institute. In March 2000, the school transfer in Sichuan Province, to build from the central and local governments to the Sichuan Provincial People's Government management. Approved by the Ministry of Education in 2003, the school become a university, an official in December 2005 changed its name to the Southwest Petroleum University.
Schools began to recruit master's degree in 1978, graduate students, and in 1986 granted the right to receive a doctorate in 1988 Oil and Gas Field Development Project (Joint Petroleum Mechanical Engineering) has become the first batch of national key disciplines, in 1989 the development of oil and gas reservoir engineering geology and approved the construction of key national laboratories, 1991 post-doctoral research center was established.
After 50 years of construction, the school has grown into one so the main work, multidisciplinary and coordinated the development of oil and natural gas highlights the advantages and features a distinctive teaching and research universities, professional disciplines oil trunk at the leading level in the country.
18 schools are teaching college (University, Department of). Professional disciplines covering science, engineering, management science, economics, literature, law and education disciplines, such as seven categories, there are 46 undergraduate professional, five country-specific professional building, the 10 professional characteristics of Sichuan Province, a national university students Cultural Quality Education Base and 11 undergraduate training base in Sichuan Province. There are two doctorate-level disciplines authorized points, 17 points, two disciplines authorized a doctorate, a master's degree in seven disciplines authorized level, the 53 authorized a master's degree in two disciplines, the 11 projects authorized by the field of Master's Degree and eight colleges and universities in-service teacher professional disciplines to study a master's degree authorization. There are three post-doctoral research center, a key state-level academic subjects, three subjects two national key disciplines, 12 provincial and ministerial level key disciplines. Level of oil and gas engineering disciplines in 2002 and 2004 an overall assessment of the national academic ranking of first, the oil and gas engineering post-doctoral research center in 2005 as "National Excellent post-doctoral research center." Existing full-time students in more than 23,000 people, 18,000 more than the ordinary undergraduate, 2200 graduate, and doctoral students 500. In addition, Master of Engineering graduate students serving more than 900.
Existing staff of 2283 people in schools, there are high-level professional and technical positions and 206 staff, the Deputy High professional and technical staff 568 positions. 1340 full-time teachers, including 1 Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the national experts who have made outstanding contributions a person young and middle-aged, the State Council Academic Degrees Committee Reviewer 2 subjects, "New Century Talents Project" 4 state-level candidates, Sichuan academic and technology leader in 12 people, enjoy special government allowances of the State Council, 47 experts, experts who have made outstanding contributions of 29 provincial and ministerial level, and 78 doctoral tutors, academic and technology leaders in Sichuan Province back-up candidates for 28 national outstanding teachers 7 National 1 excellent educators, the National Teacher of advanced individual 1, the Ministry of Education, "Colleges and Universities Award for young teachers" 1 winner, 3 teachers teaching in Sichuan Province, the provincial Ministry of 7 outstanding teachers, young teachers Prize winner Henry Fok Ying-tung 6 passengers, Sun Yueqi Technology Prize Laureate Education Fund 14.
The schools with the development of oil and gas reservoir engineering geology and State Key Laboratory of aid the United Nations Development Program China National Petroleum Corporation Oil Well Completion Technology Center, the Government of Canada built in China - the Canadian natural gas exploration and development of training centers, the oil and gas equipment, the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education Research Center of Natural Gas Development Project and the Ministry of Education field of chemical engineering research centers, development and exploitation of natural gas in Sichuan Province experimental base for research, oil and natural gas in Sichuan, such as the Development Research Center of 27 national, provincial and ministerial key laboratories and research centers. "15" since the schools under the state "973", "863", Natural Science Foundation of recent research projects such as 4000, ministerial-level获省more than 62 science and technology incentives; by 220 national patents, including 40 invention patents items. 2007 R & D funding to subsection 207 million a year.
School results in the last three teaching awards, the National Education Achievement Award by the six, including two first prize, second prize 4;获省ministerial 47 Teaching Achievement Award, one of two Grand Prize, First Prize 12. Courses have a national, 27 provincial-level quality courses, the preparation of the publication of curriculum materials for the 21st century 5 and 19 national-level planning of teaching materials.
Schools built in Chengdu, Nanchong two campuses, the campus a total area of 2889 mu, building area of 890,000 square meters; teaching and research equipment to Taiwan more than 2.1 parts, the total value of 233 million; Library total more than 267 books. Emei in Sichuan and Chongqing Beibei geological field has two dedicated training base for the city of Nanchong in Sichuan nearly mu has an area of high-tech industry base and student base, built in Chengdu Science and Technology Exchange Center.
School attaches great importance to international exchanges and cooperation with the United States, Russia, Britain, Germany, Japan, France and Canada, more than 10 countries and territories and related institutions of higher education academic and research institutions have established close relationship between the exchanges and cooperation.
The school has attached great importance to ideological and political work of party building and the glorious tradition of Sichuan Province as many grass-roots party organizations and party building advanced ideological and political work of art collective, the leadership team of University of Sichuan Province to carry out "four-good" activities of the advanced units. Faculty ratio of 54.18 percent of party members, party members and the proportion of graduates in the years to maintain more than 35%.
School 50 years ago, schools adhere to in order to continuously improve the quality of education as the core, to continuously deepen the internal reform of the management system as a driving force, the party building and the unique ideological and political work as a fundamental guarantee of the success of work. School has been awarded the "best colleges and universities National Affairs," "national degree and graduate work in advanced management education", "colleges and universities nationwide collective of advanced science and technology management", "National Excellent post-doctoral research center", "National General Higher school graduates advanced collective ","House staff a national model, "" national student unit advanced military training, "" National implementation of the "School Sports Work" best colleges "," national advanced unit of the introduction of foreign intelligence, " "National security around schools and comprehensive management of advanced collectives", "National Summer volunteer college students' three rural areas' social practice of advanced unit" and so on. In 2001, the Ministry of Education schools the level of undergraduate teaching of randomness, of the conclusion as "excellent." Schools in 2008 the Ministry of Education to assess the level of undergraduate teaching, has once again been rated as "excellent."
I am thinking of the quality of school graduates, and the team spirit strong, rooted grass-roots, down-to-earth work hard, firm and bold in making innovations, on手快, full stamina, performance highlights, widely praised by the employing units, the employment rate has remained at 95%. School year, school-trained graduates more than 5.8 of them emerged in a large number of outstanding science and technology experts, professors, academics, a large number of party and government leading cadres at all levels, a large number of outstanding entrepreneurs, a large number of on all fronts of technology and management backbone.
Today's Southwest Petroleum University will continue to be guided by "seeking truth from facts, hard work," the fine tradition of carrying forward the "fuel for the motherland, for the nation to live up to" the spirit of practicing "Atsushi Mingde, erudite and innovation" of the school motto, the implementation of "the quality of the school legislation, Talents school, academic-hing school, highlighting the characteristics of scientific development, "the" second pioneering "development strategy, strive for the best, and strive to turn our schools into a distinctive teaching multidisciplinary research universities.