Southwest Forestry University (SWFU), located in ‘Spring City’ of Kunming, Yunnan province, as the only independent forestry university in southwest part of China, SWFU was initially founded as the Department of Forestry in Yunnan University in 1938 and was established from Department of Forestry on Kunming Agriculture and Forestry College in 1958. SWFU is a member of University of National Excellent Engineer Training Program, the University of Excellent Agricultural and Forestry Talents Training Program, and university supported by basic capacity building projects in central and western China. SWFU was accredited for conferring master’s degree in 1981 and was recognized to confer Doctor’s Degrees in 2013.

西南林业大学地处春城昆明,是我国西部地区唯一独立设置的林业院校,办学起源于 1938 年云南大学森林系,建校于 1958 年昆明农林学院,是国家卓越工程师教育培养计划、卓越农林人才教育培养计划高校、中西部高校基础能力建设工程支持院校。1981 年成为国务院批准的首批硕士学位授予单位,2013 年获批为博士学位授予单位。