INTRODUCTION
Sichuan University is located in Chengdu and consists of three campuses: Wangjiang, Huaxi and Jiang’an, covering an area of 470 hectares and boasting 2.515 million square meters of floor space. Sichuan University has a comprehensive range of disciplines covering 12 categories: humanities, science, engineering, medicine, economy, management, law, history, philosophy, agriculture, education and art. It consists of 35 colleges, including a postgraduate college and an overseas education college. A total of 45 disciplines have been authorized by the state to grant doctoral degrees. Altogether, the university offers 354 doctoral programs, 438 master programs, 32 professional master’s programs, 138 undergraduate programs, and 37 post-doctoral research stations. It also has 46 national key disciplines and 4 national key cultivated disciplines.There are 5,324 full-time teachers. Among them, there are 1,767 professors, 14 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering. The current student body includes approximately 37,000 undergraduate students, over 20,000 master and Ph.D candidates and more than 3,400 international students. Sichuan University remains committed to open education, and constantly promotes international exchanges and cooperation, thus significantly improving its international influence and competitiveness. It has established contacts and cooperative relationships with over 250 renowned colleges and universities as well as research institutes from 34 countries and regions. The university campuses, with their favorable environment and beautiful landscape, make a wonderful place for learning and research.
