Southwest Minzu University (Chinese: 西南民族大学; pinyin: Xīnán mínzú dàxué), formerly Southwest University for Nationalities (SWUN),[1] is a multi-disciplinary higher education institute under the control of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of China.

The university is in Chengdu and is in adjacent to the famous Wuhou Temple.

Its main campus is in Wuhou District,[2] in the southwestern section of the 1st ring road encircling central Chengdu.

[citation needed] In addition the university maintains the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Ecological Environmental Protection and Advanced Technology for Animal Husbandry in Hongyuan County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.

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