Southwest University of Science and Technology is located in China Science and Technology City - Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. The school is a university jointly built by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education, and the Sichuan Provincial People's Government and the National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Bureau.It has been identified by the Ministry of Education as one of the 14 universities in the west of the country that are key to construction.