Xihua University
The predecessor of Xihua University was Sichuan Institute of Technology. Going forward, it was Sichuan Agricultural Machinery College established in 1960. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, everything was in trouble and hundreds of millions of people were the top priority. Therefore, it is reasonable that various agricultural colleges and universities emerged like mushrooms after a rain. Besides, China is a major agricultural country, and food is the most important thing for the people, and Agricultural University also follows the trend.
Today's Xihua University
However, Sichuan Agricultural Machinery College is very strange. People always "flow water to high places", but in 1972, it reduced its value and changed its name to Chengdu Mechanical College. Why is this from "Sichuan" to "Chengdu" and from "province" to "city"?
The Chengdu Agricultural Machinery College was also the predecessor of Xihua University
It turns out that in 1970, the Beijing Agricultural Machinery College moved to Chengdu and was also renamed Sichuan Agricultural Machinery College . This crashed. Sichuan had two Agricultural Machinery Colleges, with the school names being well-known, and they were both in Chengdu, which made people confused and confused, and also brought great trouble to the former Sichuan Agricultural Machinery College. There is no way. The local Agricultural Machinery College cannot compete with the Agricultural Machinery College from Beijing, so I have to find another way to change it to Chengdu Agricultural Machinery College.
former Sichuan Agricultural Machinery College
However, 11 years later, in 1983, Chengdu Agricultural Machinery College changed its name again, called Sichuan Institute of Technology . reform and opening up . The development of the economy is the first factor, industry is booming, agriculture is second, and agricultural colleges and universities are no longer popular, so this college follows the trend and changes from " Agriculture " to " Industrial ", and also restores the "Sichuan" pattern, which is understandable.
Chengdu Institute of Technology
After 2000, universities across the country began a wave of upgrading, and various colleges were rushing to upgrade to universities. Sichuan Institute of Technology is no exception. It is actively striving to make a gorgeous turn and wants to change from Institute of Technology to a comprehensive university. However, what is strange is that according to convention and unwritten regulations, it should be upgraded to Sichuan University of Technology , which is legitimate and can be accepted by everyone.
Sichuan University of Technology is a private university
However, in 2003, the school was renamed Xihua University , inappropriate and unnamed. Whether it is agriculture, industry, or machinery, it is completely incompatible with " Xihua ". If you call it West China , it seems to be a little convincing. After all, Chengdu is located in western China, but the name "Xihua" is unreasonable.
Xihua University
Moreover, in order to become a comprehensive university, the former Sichuan Institute of Technology also merged Chengdu Normal College and Sichuan Economic and Management Cadre College, integrating into subjects such as normal and management, which is a hodgepodge.
Today's Xihua University is a key university in Sichuan Province. It has four campuses: Pidu , Yibin , Pengzhou and Rennan. It covers a total area of 4,000 mu. It has 21 colleges, 77 undergraduate majors, and has more than 10 million books in the library. It has 45,000 full-time students. It has honorary titles such as "Civilized Campus" and "Green Model Unit".
Xihua University Library
However, Xihua University is a four-nation-nation-nation-nation-nation-211, non-985, and non-double-first-class universities. In addition to being a little famous in this province, it is very low in popularity for other provinces in the country. Most people have never heard of this university. Although it is a comprehensive university with coordinated development of multiple disciplines such as engineering, science, management, law, economics, art, literature, education, medicine, agriculture, etc., it has an incorrect background and has repeatedly changed its name, which is low in fame. Moreover, it has many majors that are second-tier enrollment, without a doctoral authorization point, let alone national key disciplines and laboratories.
Sichuan Agricultural University
Therefore, not to mention nationwide, even in Sichuan Province, Xihua University is also unknown, ranking 12th after Sichuan University , Electronic University Technological University , Southwest Jiaotong University , Southwest Petroleum, Sichuan Agricultural University , Chengdu Science and Technology, Sichuan Normal University, Southwest Science and Technology, Xihua Normal University, Chengdu Information Engineering and Chengdu University , ranking 12th. It is only better than Sichuan Chemical Engineering, Panzhihua College, Neijiang Normal University, Mianyang Normal University, Yibin College, and Xichang College. It is indeed both aggrieved and helpless.
Xihua Normal University
Let’s talk about it again, it was originally renamed Sichuan University of Technology , or , Sichuan University of Science and Technology is better, catchy, both atmospheric and domineering, and openly, and can make people remember it at once, thus leaving a deep impression.
Xihua Normal University
Xihua Normal University has no relationship with Xihua University, which is very inexplicable. According to common sense, a certain university and a certain Normal University will have some connections and connections, and there will always be inseparable connections, such as Nanjing University and Nanjing Normal University , Anhui University and Anhui Normal University , etc. However, Xihua Normal University and Xihua University are incompatible. They are not only not in the same city, but also have no intersection in history. They are two colleges and universities that have been a simple life and never met.
Xihua Normal University’s emblem
Xihua University is in Chengdu, Xihua Normal University is in Nanchong , Xihua University’s predecessor was Sichuan Agricultural Machinery College, and Xihua Normal University’s predecessor was Sichuan North Agricultural and Engineering College. What’s even more bizarre is that Xihua Normal University has some connection with Northeastern University , which is far away in Shenyang. Please note that it is "slightly", not the remnant and inheritance of Northeastern University.
The old library of that year
"th Incident ", Northeastern University was occupied by the Japanese, becoming the first university in China to be occupied by the Japanese and the first university in China. It has successively traveled to Beiping , Kaifeng , Xi'an and Santai County, Sichuan, insisted on running schools, studying and fighting along the way. It is a patriotic university, wandering and moving around, always singing, unyielding and calm, "going back to your hometown" is the belief that all teachers and students of Northeastern University always adhere to. From 1931 to 1946, Northeastern University was in exile for 15 years, making it the longest exiled university among universities in the country.
Northeast University
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Northeast University moved back to Shenyang from Santai County , and the Sichuan teachers and students left behind rebuilt a private institution on the original site, which is the Sichuan North Agricultural and Engineering College. In early 1949, Sichuan North Agricultural and Engineering College and Xishan Academy merged to form the private Sichuan North University . In 1950, it moved to Nanchong and merged with Sichuan North Arts College to form the public Sichuan North University. In 1952, the school merged some majors from Sichuan East Education College, Sichuan University and West China University to jointly form Sichuan Normal University. In 1956, the school was divided into two, and the undergraduate major was moved to Chengdu, and later developed into Sichuan Normal University . The part that stayed in Nanchong was renamed Nanchong Normal College, upgraded to , Nanchong Normal College in 1958, restored the name of "Sichuan Normal College" in 1989, and finally named Xihua Normal University in 2003.
Sichuan Normal University
can be seen that Xihua Normal University has the shadow of Northeastern University, and it has the same roots and origins as Sichuan Normal University, but it has nothing to do with Xihua University. When it was upgraded to a university in 2003, it also took quite a lot of trouble because it was called "Sichuan Normal University", which was the same as Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu, so it could not be directly upgraded to Sichuan Normal University. When it was compromised, it had to choose a brand called "Xihua Normal University".
Xihua Normal University
In summary, Xihua University and Xihua Normal University are very embarrassed. It has no connection with "Xihua", and is a product of various factors and coincidences.
Until today, Sichuan has neither Sichuan University of Technology nor Southwest University of Technology. These two schools were originally strived for by Sichuan University of Technology, but for some reason, it worked hard, but inexplicably turned into Xihua University , and Sichuan Normal University also turned into Xihua Normal University . Is the word "Xihua" so fragrant?
Chuanbei Agricultural and Technology College
In 2022, Xihua University ranked 294th among national universities and Xihua Normal University ranked 234th, both at the bottom level. It is difficult to predict how far it will develop in the future, but it can be foreseeable that Xihua University and Xihua Normal University will basically have no hope of becoming a top-notch university in China.
