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Xihua University

西华大学
Motto	求是 明德 卓越
Motto in English	Diligence Virtue Excellence
Type	Public university
Established	1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Academic affiliations	Double First Class University Plan (Provincial), Basic Capacity Building Project For Colleges and Universities in Central and Western China
Chairman	Qingyou Liu (刘清友）
President	Huimin Bian (边慧敏）
Vice-president	Xiaolin Wang
Students	45,000
Location	Chengdu, Sichuan , China
Colors	Green
Website	www.xhu.edu.cn

Xihua University (XHU; 西华大学) is a provincial public university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It is affiliated to the Sichuan Provincial People's Government.

Foundation

XHU was founded on April 16, 2003, with the merger of the Sichuan University of Science and Technology (Chinese: 四川工业学院) and the Teacher's College. The Sichuan University of Science and Technology, previously called the Sichuan Mechanical College of Agriculture (Chinese: 四川农业机械学院), founded in 1960. The former Teacher's College, located in Peng Zhou County, was founded in 1971.

Location

Xihua University covers about 2,850 mu (469.5 acres) in the hi-tech zone of Chengdu. The campus has a tributary of the Ming Jiang River and the Ancient Irrigation Project— Du Jiangyan, and its national scenery zone is to the west.

Resources

XHU now^{[ when?]} has 1,400 teachers and staff members, among whom 380 teachers have the title of senior post.

External links

• Official website ( English version)
• XiHua Online student journal – An online student journal from students of China West Normal University

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