Xichang College is located in Xichang City---- a world famous satellite city, which is rich in natural resources and characterized by its spring-like climate all the year round, about 500km away from Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province, P. R. China. Xichang College has large, beautiful campuses. The garden-like campuses cover an area of 1851mu (about 123 hectares). It is not only beautiful with green hills, clean rivers and luxuriant vegetation, but also equipped with advanced teaching facilitates, with instruments valued 84,720,000, and 1,768,200 books stored in the library, lecture halls equipped with 3,277 computers, and multi-media audio-lingual rooms offering 14,790seats, the building area taking up some 340,000m. There are now over 1,000 faculties, including 255 professors and associate professors, 201doctors and postgraduates and 8 foreign teachers. The student dorm has an access of telephone, Internet and TV. The studying and living facilities are all ready on the campuses.

    Xichang College consists of 18 departments offering 37 4-year and 21 3-year specialties. The college puts stress on such special fields as agriculture, engineering and teacher training without neglecting adult further education and professional education. The college enrolls students from Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shanxi, Hubei and so on. Presently, there are over 12,000 full-time students. Besides, adult and self-taught students amount to 9,857. The college is in the course of education reform, carrying out "credit system,""double-teacher system," "tutorial system,"and constructing "3-level teaching and practice style" as well as "personnel fostering style by combining production, study and research together." The college has already set up quality supervision and evaluation system to improve the effects of teaching.

    As a large, dynamic and diverse university of the 21st century, Xichang College offers a wide range of programs, exchange or visiting student programs, and flexible Chinese Language Training and Yi Language (language used by Yi nationality) programs at different levels are also available for international students.

    Xichang College is the right choice to start a successful career. Your time at Xichang College will be an exciting, rewarding, and memorable life experience.