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Architecture and Construction College

Brief Introduction:       

Chongqing, the economic center in the upper-stream region of Yangtze River, is an autonomous city under direct administration of the central Chinese government, as the cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. Chongqing has a history of over 3,000 years. As the most famous City of Mountain and River, it is a well-known scenery city in China. Chongqing University was of founded in 1929. In the year of 2000, the former Chongqing University, Chongqing Jianzhu University and Chongqing College of Architecture and Construction amalgamated into a new Chongqing University, the academic domain of which covers comprehensively the fields of natural science, engineering, economics, administration, law and arts. FAUP, with a history of 60years, is one of the biggest faculties in Chongqing University and rands among the eight most privileged faculties of architecture in China. FAUP originated in 1930s. In 1952, during a nationwide reallocation of academic resources, institutes of 6 institutes in Southwest China was combined into the Department of Architecture, Chongqing Institute of Construction and Engineering. The Department was renamed as Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing Jianzhu University in 1994. After the establishing of new Chongqing University in 2000, the Faculty became the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University. Currently, there are 180 full time teaching staffs, including 21 professors and 24 adjunct professors; 1200 undergraduate students, 340 postgraduate students including 70 doctorate students in FAUP, which is one of the biggest faculty of architecture in China. For decades, FAUP has committed itself in the development of architectural education in China and obtained abundant accumulation in experience and achievement of education.