The unconventional characteristics of Southwest Petroleum University

Southwest Petroleum University’s unconventional school-running characteristics are as follows:

1. Focus on cultivating practical abilities

Southwestern Petroleum University’s junior college education always adheres to the concept of “theory and practice” The philosophy of running a school focuses on the cultivation of practical ability. The school actively promotes teaching reform and provides students with more abundant and comprehensive practical opportunities through practical teaching, laboratory construction, corporate cooperation, etc., and cultivates their ability to solve practical problems.

2. Closely integrated with industrial needs

Southwest Petroleum University’s junior college education is closely integrated with local and industrial needs, and has opened a number of professional directions that meet market demand. At the same time, the school actively cooperates with enterprises to provide students with more career development opportunities and.

3. Teaching model

Experimental teaching model. The experimental teaching model of Southwest Petroleum University's junior college education is very important. Through experiments, students can better understand and master the knowledge they have learned. Therefore, Southwest Petroleum University's junior college education has invested a lot of resources in laboratory construction and established a number of advanced laboratories.

Project teaching model. In order to cultivate students' innovative abilities and teamwork, Southwest Petroleum University's junior college education adopts a project teaching model. In this model, teachers combine course knowledge with projects so that students can master the required skills in practice.

Flipped classroom model. In order to improve classroom efficiency and interactivity, Southwest Petroleum University’s junior college education adopts the flipped classroom model. In this mode, teachers will upload videos or materials in advance for students to watch and read independently, and discuss and interact in class.

Introduction to Southwest Petroleum University and its teaching staff

1. Introduction to Southwest Petroleum University

Southwest Petroleum University, referred to as "Southwest Petroleum University", has its main campus located in Sichuan Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, was jointly established by the Ministry of Education, Sichuan Province and China National Petroleum Corporation, China Petrochemical Corporation, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation; it is a national "double first-class" construction university.

Selected for the basic capacity building project of colleges and universities in central and western China, the national “111 Plan”, the national “characteristic key discipline project”, the national high-level university publicly-sponsored graduate program, the national innovative talent training demonstration base, and the first batch of deepening programs in the country A model university for innovation and entrepreneurship education reform.

2. Faculty

As of October 2023, the school currently has 2,814 faculty members, including 359 senior professional and technical staff and 718 deputy senior professional and technical staff. . There are 2,127 full-time teachers, including 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 academician of the German Academy of Engineering, 3 valid candidates for co-optation of academicians of the two academies of China, and 1 national outstanding professional and technical talent.