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Xihua University (XHU; Chinese:西华大学) is a provincial public university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It is affiliated with the Sichuan Provincial People's Government.
XHU was founded on April 16, 2003 when Sichuan University of Science and Technology (Chinese:四川工业学院) and the Teacher's College merged. The Sichuan University of Science and Technology, previously called the Sichuan Mechanical College of Agriculture (Chinese:四川农业机械学院), was founded in 1960. The former Teacher's College, located in Peng Zhou County, was founded in 1971.
Xihua University covers about 2,850 mu (469.5 acres) in the hi-tech zone of Chengdu. The campus has a tributary of the Ming Jiang River and the Ancient Irrigation Project—Du Jiangyan, and its national scenery zone is to the west.
XHU as of December 2011 has 1,400 teachers and staff members, among whom 380 teachers have the title of senior post.
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