Editing Chengdu (section)

==Education and research ==
Wen Weng, administer of Chengdu in the [[Han dynasty]], established the first local public school now named Shishi (literally a stone house) in the world. The school site has not changed for more than 2,000 years, which remains the site of today's [[Chengdu Shishi High School|Shishi High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdshishi.net/|publisher=Cdshishi.net|script-title=zh:成都石室中学|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217175453/http://www.cdshishi.net/|archive-date=17 December 2013|access-date=10 December 2013}}</ref> [[Chengdu No.7 High School|No. 7 High School]] and [[Chengdu Shude High School|Shude High School]] are also two famous local public schools in Chengdu.

Chengdu is a leading scientific research city, one of the only two cities in the [[Western China]] region (alongside&nbsp;[[Xi'an]]), ranking in the top 25 cities worldwide by scientific research outputs.<ref name=":7" /> It is consistently ranked # 1 as the [[Double First-Class Construction|center of higher education]] and scientific research in [[Southwest China]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Leading 200 science cities {{!}} Nature Index 2022 Science Cities {{!}} Supplements {{!}} Nature Index |url=https://www.nature.com/nature-index/supplements/nature-index-2022-science-cities/tables/overall |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.nature.com |language=en |archive-date=26 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126154701/https://www.nature.com/nature-index/supplements/nature-index-2022-science-cities/tables/overall |url-status=live }}</ref> The city is home to more than 58 universities,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-08-04 |title=Top 10 Chinese cities with most higher education institutions |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202208/04/WS62eaf941a310fd2b29e7022c_4.html |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=China Daily}}</ref> with the two reputable ones being [[Sichuan University]] and the [[University of Electronic Science and Technology of China]], ranking 98 and 101-150 worldwide, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2024 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.shanghairanking.com}}</ref>

=== Higher education ===
[[File:North gate of SCU.png|thumb| [[Sichuan University]]]]

[[File:SWUFE Guanghua Gate.jpg|thumb|[[Southwestern University of Finance and Economics]] Guanghua Gate]]

* [[Sichuan University]] (SCU) (Founded in 1896), including the [[West China Medical Center of Sichuan University]] (Founded in 1910)
* [[Southwest Jiaotong University]] (Founded in 1896)
* [[Southwestern University of Finance and Economics]] (Founded in 1925)
* [[University of Electronic Science and Technology of China]] (Founded in 1956)
*[[Chengdu University of Technology]] (Founded in 1956)
* [[Sichuan Normal University]] (Founded in 1946)
* [[Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine]] (Founded in 1956)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdutcm.org/Html/university/162858441.html |title=Chengdu University of Traditional chinese Medicine website |publisher=Cdutcm.org |date=9 November 2009 |access-date=15 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328160058/http://www.cdutcm.org/Html/university/162858441.html |archive-date=28 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Chengdu Kinesiology University]] (Founded in 1942)
*[[Southwest University for Nationalities]] (Founded in 1951)
* [[Sichuan Conservatory of Music]] (Founded in 1939)
*[[Xihua University]] (Founded in 1960)
* [[Southwest Petroleum University]] (Founded in 1958)
*[[Chengdu University of Information Technology]] (Founded in 1951)
* [[Chengdu University]] (Founded in 1978)
* [[Chengdu Medical College]] (Founded in 1947)
Note: Private institutions or institutions without full-time bachelor programs are not listed.