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Southwest Forestry University

Southwest Forestry University is the only independent undergraduate forestry university in western my country. The school originated in the Forestry Department of Yunnan University in 1938 and was founded in 1958 by Kunming Agriculture and Forestry College. In 1973, the Forestry Department of Kunming Agriculture and Forestry College merged with the Beijing Forestry College which moved south to Kunming to establish the school’s predecessor, Yunnan Forestry College. In 1983, it was renamed Southwest Forestry College, and it is one of the six regional forestry undergraduate colleges directly under the Ministry of Forestry. In 2000, the school was adjusted by the colleges and universities directly under the State Forestry Administration to a joint construction between the central government and the local government with provincial-based management. In 2010, it was renamed Southwest Forestry University approved by the Ministry of Education. In 1981, it became the first batch of master's degree-granting units approved by the State Council. In 2013, it was approved as a doctoral degree-granting unit. In 2017, it was newly added to recommend outstanding undergraduate graduates to study at regular postgraduate colleges without exams. It is a university of the National Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program and the Excellent Agricultural and Forestry Talent Education and Training Program.


   The school covers an area of 2703 acres, has 30 teaching units, and has 18,388 full-time students. There are 1,219 faculty members, including 477 teachers with senior professional titles, 57 doctoral supervisors, 668 master supervisors, 300 off-campus supervisors, 1 State Council Special Allowance expert, and 1 first-level expert of the National Hundred and Thousand Talents Project. 4 new century outstanding talents from the Ministry of Education, 1 Yunling Scholar, 3 Yunling Industrial Technology Leaders, 5 Provincial Outstanding Professional and Technical Talents with Outstanding Contributions, 4 Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Talents, Provincial Young and Middle-aged Academic and Technical Leaders There are 17 people, 14 reserve talents, and 10 experts enjoying special allowances from the provincial government.


The school has established the national and local joint engineering research center for efficient utilization of forestry biomass resources, the international joint research center for biomass materials, the national plateau wetland research center, the Yunnan Institute of Biodiversity, and the provincial academician expert workstation and other scientific research platforms above the provincial and ministerial level.26 There are 17 innovation teams of various types recognized by the superior authorities. Won one second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, and more than 50 provincial and ministerial scientific research awards for presiding or participating in scientific research projects. In 2017, it was approved for scientific research funding of 102,895,400 yuan, the number of contract transactions was 228, and the total contract transaction amount was 185,083,100 yuan, ranking first among universities in the province.


The school has 3 post-doctoral research stations, 3 first-level discipline doctoral programs, 13 first-level discipline master programs, 5 professional master programs, 6 key disciplines of the State Forestry Administration, and 1 key (cultivation) discipline of the State Forestry Administration There are 5 provincial key disciplines and 74 undergraduate majors.


  The school is committed to cultivating "morality, knowledge, skills, and individuality" as one of the applied high-quality talents with practical ability and innovative spirit. "Forestry undergraduate talent training mechanism reform and path innovation" won the second prize of national teaching achievement, and the forestry specialty basic experimental teaching center was approved as a national experimental teaching demonstration center. So far, it has cultivated various professional skills and management for the country More than 100,000 talents. The employment rate of graduates has been among the top universities in the province for many consecutive years, and has been awarded the honorary title of "National Advanced Collective for Employment of College Graduates".


The school always takes serving the society as its mission, adheres to the direction of running a school that combines production, education and research, and takes advantage of regional, industry and discipline advantages to manage biodiversity and nature reserves, forest cultivation, forest protection, bamboo and rattan research, wood science and technology, and plateau wetlands. It has certain advantages in China, and some fields are at the forefront of similar domestic research; it has obvious regional characteristics in garden planning and design, eco-tourism and other fields; it has made outstanding achievements in research on ants, birds, and fish, and its social influence is increasing. The expansion has been commended and rewarded many times by the State Forestry Administration, the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government.


   The school attaches great importance to exchanges and cooperation, and all undergraduate majors are open to foreign students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Signed a memorandum of inter-university cooperation agreement with universities such as Maha Sarakham Rajabhat University in Thailand, National Agricultural College of Cambodia, and joined the Himalaya University Alliance. The Confucius Classroom in Mali ranked 10th in the country in the evaluation of the Confucius Institute Scholarship and won the Global Advanced Confucius Classroom Award. The Confucius Institute at the University of Humanities in Bamako, Mali was approved to be established. The undergraduate education program of Mechatronic Engineering in cooperation with the South Ural State University of Russia was approved. A cooperation agreement was signed with the University of Columbia (UBC) College of Forestry in Canada to establish a new Asia-Pacific Forestry Institute in the school. .


The school has been built to focus on forestry disciplines, with biological environment disciplines as its characteristics. Agriculture, science, engineering, literature, law, management, education and other disciplines are integrated and developed in a coordinated manner. The facilities are relatively complete and the environment is very beautiful on the red soil plateau. The cradle of green talents has successively won many honorary titles such as "National Greening Advanced Collective", "National Greening Model Unit", and "Yunnan Provincial Civilized School".


Looking forward to the future, the school will continue to uphold the school motto of "Trees to Tree People, Truth and Goodness", and adhere to the principle of "Party leadership, governing the school according to law, serving a well-off society, reforming and rejuvenating the school, international vision, social needs, student-oriented, and teacher-led" The overall development concept, unswervingly follow the path of connotative development and characteristic development with improving quality as the core, comprehensively promote the "Eight Major Reforms", vigorously implement the "Eight Major Projects", accelerate the construction of the "Eight West Forests", and strive to build the school into the western forestry And the talent training center for ecological civilization construction, the R&D center for ecological environment construction and green industry development in the southwest region, the Yunnan Forestry Science and Technology Consulting and Engineering Service Center, the forestry talent training, scientific research and cooperation exchange center for South Asia and Southeast Asia, becoming the western High-level universities with significant advantages, distinctive domestic characteristics, and important influence in South Asia and Southeast Asia provide talent support and scientific and technological support for national, regional, and local economic and social development, and contribute to the construction of ecological civilization and green development.Southwest Forestry University is the only independent undergraduate forestry university in western my country. The school originated in the Forestry Department of Yunnan University in 1938 and was founded in 1958 by Kunming Agriculture and Forestry College. In 1973, the Forestry Department of Kunming Agriculture and Forestry College merged with the Beijing Forestry College which moved south to Kunming to establish the school’s predecessor, Yunnan Forestry College. In 1983, it was renamed Southwest Forestry College, and it is one of the six regional forestry undergraduate colleges directly under the Ministry of Forestry. In 2000, the school was adjusted by the colleges and universities directly under the State Forestry Administration to a joint construction between the central government and the local government with provincial-based management. In 2010, it was renamed Southwest Forestry University approved by the Ministry of Education. In 1981, it became the first batch of master's degree-granting units approved by the State Council. In 2013, it was approved as a doctoral degree-granting unit. In 2017, it was newly added to recommend outstanding undergraduate graduates to study at regular postgraduate colleges without exams. It is a university of the National Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program and the Excellent Agricultural and Forestry Talent Education and Training Program.


   The school covers an area of 2703 acres, has 30 teaching units, and has 18,388 full-time students. There are 1,219 faculty members, including 477 teachers with senior professional titles, 57 doctoral supervisors, 668 master supervisors, 300 off-campus supervisors, 1 State Council Special Allowance expert, and 1 first-level expert of the National Hundred and Thousand Talents Project. 4 new century outstanding talents from the Ministry of Education, 1 Yunling Scholar, 3 Yunling Industrial Technology Leaders, 5 Provincial Outstanding Professional and Technical Talents with Outstanding Contributions, 4 Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Talents, Provincial Young and Middle-aged Academic and Technical Leaders There are 17 people, 14 reserve talents, and 10 experts enjoying special allowances from the provincial government.


The school has established the national and local joint engineering research center for efficient utilization of forestry biomass resources, the international joint research center for biomass materials, the national plateau wetland research center, the Yunnan Institute of Biodiversity, and the provincial academician expert workstation and other scientific research platforms above the provincial and ministerial level.26 There are 17 innovation teams of various types recognized by the superior authorities. Won one second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, and more than 50 provincial and ministerial scientific research awards for presiding or participating in scientific research projects. In 2017, it was approved for scientific research funding of 102,895,400 yuan, the number of contract transactions was 228, and the total contract transaction amount was 185,083,100 yuan, ranking first among universities in the province.


The school has 3 post-doctoral research stations, 3 first-level discipline doctoral programs, 13 first-level discipline master programs, 5 professional master programs, 6 key disciplines of the State Forestry Administration, and 1 key (cultivation) discipline of the State Forestry Administration There are 5 provincial key disciplines and 74 undergraduate majors.


  The school is committed to cultivating "morality, knowledge, skills, and individuality" as one of the applied high-quality talents with practical ability and innovative spirit. "Forestry undergraduate talent training mechanism reform and path innovation" won the second prize of national teaching achievement, and the forestry specialty basic experimental teaching center was approved as a national experimental teaching demonstration center. So far, it has cultivated various professional skills and management for the country More than 100,000 talents. The employment rate of graduates has been among the top universities in the province for many consecutive years, and has been awarded the honorary title of "National Advanced Collective for Employment of College Graduates".


The school always takes serving the society as its mission, adheres to the direction of running a school that combines production, education and research, and takes advantage of regional, industry and discipline advantages to manage biodiversity and nature reserves, forest cultivation, forest protection, bamboo and rattan research, wood science and technology, and plateau wetlands. It has certain advantages in China, and some fields are at the forefront of similar domestic research; it has obvious regional characteristics in garden planning and design, eco-tourism and other fields; it has made outstanding achievements in research on ants, birds, and fish, and its social influence is increasing. The expansion has been commended and rewarded many times by the State Forestry Administration, the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government.


   The school attaches great importance to exchanges and cooperation, and all undergraduate majors are open to foreign students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Signed a memorandum of inter-university cooperation agreement with universities such as Maha Sarakham Rajabhat University in Thailand, National Agricultural College of Cambodia, and joined the Himalaya University Alliance. The Confucius Classroom in Mali ranked 10th in the country in the evaluation of the Confucius Institute Scholarship and won the Global Advanced Confucius Classroom Award. The Confucius Institute at the University of Humanities in Bamako, Mali was approved to be established. The undergraduate education program of Mechatronic Engineering in cooperation with the South Ural State University of Russia was approved. A cooperation agreement was signed with the University of Columbia (UBC) College of Forestry in Canada to establish a new Asia-Pacific Forestry Institute in the school. .


The school has been built to focus on forestry disciplines, with biological environment disciplines as its characteristics. Agriculture, science, engineering, literature, law, management, education and other disciplines are integrated and developed in a coordinated manner. The facilities are relatively complete and the environment is very beautiful on the red soil plateau. The cradle of green talents has successively won many honorary titles such as "National Greening Advanced Collective", "National Greening Model Unit", and "Yunnan Provincial Civilized School".


Looking forward to the future, the school will continue to uphold the school motto of "Trees to Tree People, Truth and Goodness", and adhere to the principle of "Party leadership, governing the school according to law, serving a well-off society, reforming and rejuvenating the school, international vision, social needs, student-oriented, and teacher-led" The overall development concept, unswervingly follow the path of connotative development and characteristic development with improving quality as the core, comprehensively promote the "Eight Major Reforms", vigorously implement the "Eight Major Projects", accelerate the construction of the "Eight West Forests", and strive to build the school into the western forestry And the talent training center for ecological civilization construction, the R&D center for ecological environment construction and green industry development in the southwest region, the Yunnan Forestry Science and Technology Consulting and Engineering Service Center, the forestry talent training, scientific research and cooperation exchange center for South Asia and Southeast Asia, becoming the western High-level universities with significant advantages, distinctive domestic characteristics, and important influence in South Asia and Southeast Asia provide talent support and scientific and technological support for national, regional, and local economic and social development, and contribute to the construction of ecological civilization and green development.