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The predecessor of Wenshan University was the National Southwest Normal School, which moved south from Zhaotong, Yunnan to Wenshan in February 1947. In April 1984, Wenshan Teachers College was established with the approval of the Yunnan Provincial People’s Government. It was renamed Wenshan Teachers College in 1992. In April 2009, the Ministry of Education approved the upgrade to a full-time general undergraduate college. In 2018, it passed the qualification evaluation of the undergraduate teaching work of the Ministry of Education. In 2019, it will become a demonstration school for the training of applied undergraduate talents in Yunnan Province.

At present, the University covers an area of 877.25 mu, with a school building area of 257,574 square meters, a library of 883,000 paper books, 1 million e-books, a total fixed asset value of 586 million yuan, and a total equipment value of 159.3038 million yuan; there are in-service faculty and staff 634 people, including 463 full-time teachers, 197 teachers with associate titles or above (41 professors and researchers, including 2 second-level professors; 156 associate professors and associate researchers), 404 teachers with master's degree or above, and more than 10 teachers He was successively employed as master tutor by Yunnan Normal University, Kunming University of Science and Technology, and Yunnan Agricultural University. The school has three academic research institutions: Wenshan Sanqi Research Institute, Wenshan Prefecture Biological Resources Development and Research Center, Wenshan Ethnic Culture Inheritance and Innovation Research Center, and the establishment of "Sanqi Research Base of Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences" and "Sanqi, Yunnan Province" There are 10 provincial and departmental research centers, laboratories and expert workstations including Engineering Technology Research Center, "Yunnan Provincial Postdoctoral Research Workstation". The comprehensive academic journal "Journal of Wenshan College" is publicly issued at home and abroad. The school has 9 secondary colleges, namely Teacher Education College, Sanqi College of Medicine, Humanities and Media College, Art and Design College, Economics and Management College, Artificial Intelligence College, Metallurgy and Environment College, Marxism College, and Higher Vocational and Technical College. 62 undergraduate and junior college majors (49 undergraduates and 13 junior colleges). There are 1 provincial-level postdoctoral research workstations, 2 provincial-level teaching teams, 2 provincial-level scientific and technological innovation teams, 1 provincial-level key discipline with advantages, 1 provincial-level undergraduate professional comprehensive reform pilot project, and provincial-level first-class disciplines ( Category B plateau subjects), 4 provincial-level characteristic majors (groups), 2 provincial-level first-class professional construction sites, 2 provincial-level quality courses, 4 provincial-level planning textbooks, 3 outstanding contribution experts from Yunnan Province, enjoy 2 experts with special allowance from the provincial government, 3 famous teaching teachers in Yunnan Province, 5 selected into the Yunnan Provincial Technological Innovation Talent Training Program, 3 selected as "Leading Talents in Industry Technology in Yunling", 3 targeted for the special training project for outstanding young teachers in universities and colleges in Yunnan ; Won 1 second prize of Yunnan Provincial Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award and 2 first prizes of basic education teaching achievement. Since “upgrading”, teachers have been approved 387 projects of various levels, including two projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, four projects from the National Social Science Foundation, two projects from the National Art Foundation, and one new engineering research and practice project from the Ministry of Education , 41 provincial and ministerial projects; published 32 academic monographs, participated in editing 45 books and teaching materials, obtained 21 national patent authorizations, realized 8 scientific and technological achievements transformation, and 13 scientific and technological achievements won the second prize of Yunnan Province Science and Technology Progress Award. More than 30 items won the first, second, and third prizes of state science and technology progress, and 1 item won the state science and technology progress contribution award; 3105 academic papers were published, including 261 core journals and 84 papers included in SCI and EI.

The University actively carries out international exchanges and cooperation, and has established inter-school cooperative relations with 17 universities in the United States, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and other countries, and exchanged teachers and students for exchanges and learning. Since the promotion, 512 Vietnamese and Thai students have been sent to universities in Vietnam and Thailand to study and exchange; 237 students from the United States, Vietnam, Laos and other countries have been recruited. The school recruits students from 22 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country, and currently has 12,374 full-time students (10,682 undergraduates and 1,692 college students).

The University has been rated as "Civilized Unit of Yunnan Province" and "Civilized School of Yunnan Province". The emergence of the "Fourth National Moral Model" Shuang Fuwei, the "most beautiful village official" Pan Zhiyan, "the most beautiful village teacher" Zhou Fenghui and other advanced models that are well-known throughout the country, and their social influence has increased significantly.