Southwest Petroleum University (SWPU), the second petroleum university in the People’s Republic of China, was founded in 1958, andis now administered and supported by Chinese central government and Sichuan province local government, with the latter playing a biggerrole.  SWPU has 16 schools, 1 Photo voltaic Industry and Technology Research Institute, 1 Institute of New Energy and UnconventionalOil and Gas, and 1 engineering training center. There are 8 subjectgroups: science, engineering, management, economics, arts, law, education and artistics. 68 programs under those subject groups are qualified to recruit undergraduates; 5 first-levelprograms and 24 second-level programs are authorized to offer doctoral degrees. 20 first-level programs and 86 second-level programsare authorized to offer master’s degrees.