During the May 12th Wenchuan earthquake relief period, CPC and state leaders including Wu Bangguo and Wen Jiabao visited Sichuan University.Sichuan University enjoys a long tradition in education and boasts many renowned scholars. Sichuan University has actively promoted both national and regional socioeconomic development, and is constantly building its capacity to serve the community and the society. The University has established five Confucius Institutes in collaboration with five universities in South Korea, the US and Belgium. The Chairman of the University Council of Sichuan University is Wang Jianguo, and the President is Xie Heping. Altogether, the university offers 354 doctoral programs, 438 master programs, 32 professional master’s programs, 138 undergraduate programs, and 37 post-doctoral research stations. In 2009, the university was confirmed one of the first thirteen National University Base of Cadre Education and Training. A total of 45 disciplines have been authorized by the state to grant doctoral degrees. It also has 9 national centers for talent training, research and teaching, 8 National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centers, 19 National Engineering Practice Education Centers, 3 National Experimental Teaching Center Of Virtual Simulation, 1 National Teacher Teaching Development Demonstration Center, 1 National Base of Culture-Oriented Quality Education for College Students, 9 National Off-campus Practice Education Bases for College Students, 4 key National Research Bases for Philosophy and Social Sciences, 3 National Drug Clinical Trial Institutes. The university motto is as follows, “Sea, all water, receives all rivers; Utmost wit listens to all sides”;and the following four words embodies the university—precision, diligence, truth-seeking and innovation.To achieve the goal of being a first-class comprehensive research-oriented university, Sichuan University has shaped, in recent years, its own concept of higher education that promotes individualism, scholarship and excellence. (2) Applicants should abide by the laws and regulations of the Chinese governments; have good performance, meeting the admission requirements of the school that he or she has applied for. CPC and state leaders including Jiang Zemin and Li Peng wrote congratulatory messages and gave their best wishes to the merger of the two universities. The second merger took place in 2000 when Sichuan University and the former West China University of Medical Sciences joined together. Since 2003, the university has been honored with 31 National Teaching Achievement Awards, 33 National Excellent Courses, 12 National Video Open Courses, 31 Collectible Resources Sharing Classes and 23 doctoral dissertations that are included in the Top 100 Excellent Doctoral Dissertations.Sichuan University has exhibited great strength in research and made remarkable achievements over the years. (5) Applicants should have the right attitude to study, without breaking school rules and disciplines and having good academic performance. Over 50 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering graduated from Sichuan University, and 36 out of 50“Sichuan Cultural Celebrities”, nominated in 2001, were also alumni of the university.Sichuan University has a comprehensive range of disciplines covering 12 categories: humanities, science, engineering, medicine, economy, management, law, history, philosophy, agriculture, education and art. It is the earliest modern institute of higher education in Southwest China. The West China Medical Center of Sichuan University (Chinese: 四川大学华西医学中心), formerly West China University of Medical Sciences (WCUMS), is located in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, and is administered by the Ministry of Education.The Center was founded in 1914 and it merged with Sichuan University in 2000. It has 13 key national laboratories and engineering centers, 4 state-level international scientific and technological cooperation bases, 11 key laboratories and 6 engineering research centers under the supervision of Ministry of Education, and 3 key laboratories under the supervision of Ministry of Health. Scholarships in Sichuan University, China for International Student. It has set up the Jiuzhaigou International Research Center for Ecology, Environment and Sustainability in a joint effort with the University of California and the University of Washington, Sino-US Institute for University Design with Arizona State University, Sino-German Joint Center for Energy Research with Clausthal University of Technology, Western China Poverty-Reduction Research Center with the State Council’s Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, State Council’s Leading Group Office of Western China Development, UNDP and the World Bank, Sichuan Post-Disaster Reconstruction Support and Research Center with Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute with University of Pittsburgh.The university libraries have a collection of over 6.65 million books and the Humanities Museum houses over 85,000 objects, the Natural Museum, over 870,000 animal and plant specimens, and the Archives and History Exhibition Center, over 280,000 volumes of historical archives (including over 9000 valuable historical archives). The former West China University of Medical Sciences, original West China Union University, was established by western Christian missionaries in Chengdu in 1910. It consists of three campuses:Wangjiang, Huaxi and Jiang’an, covering an area of 470 hectares and boasting 2.515 million square meters of floor space.