四川文理学院位于天府之国四川东部达州市，办学历史可溯及清末龙山书院，1976年开始举办高等教育，时称达县师范学院。1978年经国务院批准为全日制普通高校，相继更名为达县师范专科学校、达县师范高等专科学校。2006年2月经教育部批准成为本科高校。
Located in Dazhoueastern Sichuan Province – the land of abundance, Sichuan University of Arts and Science (SASU) can be traced back to Longshan Academy in late Qing Dynasty. 1976, the university was named “Daxian Normal College” and began undertaking higher education. Approved by the State Council in 1978 as a national full-time college, “Daxian Normal College” was changed to “Daxian Teacher’s College” and later known as “Daxian Teachers’ Higher College”. Confirmed by the Ministry of Education in 2006, it was upgraded to an undergraduate university and named “Sichuan University of Arts and Science”.
学校拥有莲湖、南坝两个校区，占地面积533300平方米，校舍建筑面积30多万平方米。馆藏纸质图书129万余册，教学科研仪器设备值近1亿元。现有教职工1000余人，外籍教师10人，省学术技术带头人及后备人选3人，突出贡献专家1人，教学名师、师德标兵27人，专任教师中正副高职称200人，具有硕、博士学位者超过70%。全日制在校普通学生近12000人，留学生42人。继续教育学生6000余人，面向全国22个省市招生。建校以来，为社会培养近5万名优秀人才。
Sichuan University of Arts and Science consists of two campuses: Lianhu Campus and Nanba Campus, occupying 553,300 square meters with over 300,000 square meters of construction area. Its library has a collection of over 1,290,000 volumes, and the total value of the equipment for teaching and scientific research is about 100 million Yuan. The university has over 200 professors or associate professors, and 70% of its 1,000 faculty members have a doctorate or master’s degree. In addition, it has 10 foreign teachers, 3 academic and technical leaders and reserve candidates of Sichuan Province, 1 outstanding contribution expert, 27 teaching masters and ethical role models as teachers. Admitting students from 22 provinces, the university has over 12,000 full-time enrolled students, 42 international students and over 6,000 commuter students.
学校设有18级学院，开始了45科专业，26个专科专业，涵盖文学、理学、工学、教育学、艺术学、管理学、历史学、法学八大学科门类。有省级重点研究基地四川革命老区发展研究中心、青少年文学艺术社科普及基地、省高校重点实验室特色植物开发研究实验室等。
The university is comprised of 18 secondary colleges, covering eight disciplines, literature, science, engineering, education, arts, management, history and law with 45 undergraduate programs and 26 three-year programs. It has established “The Research Center of Sichuan Province Revolution Development”—a key base of Sichuan social science research, “the Laboratory of Special Plants Study”—a key laboratory of Sichuan colleges, “the Base of Spreading Literature, Arts and Social Science among Sichuan Youth”.
学校积极开拓教育的国际视野，常年保持有10名左右外籍专家和教师，与美国、英国、韩国、马来西亚、澳大利亚、捷克、法国等十余所高校建立合作关系，每年选派100多名师生赴合作院校学习和交流，推荐品学兼优的学生赴海外攻读硕士学位。
The university has been actively enlarging its international exchange and cooperation programs and keeping 10 foreign teachers and experts all year round. On top of this, it has established relationship with over 10 overseas universities in America, Britain, South Korea, Malaysia, Australia, Czech and France, and about 100 teachers and students take part in study and exchange programs with partner universities each year.
校园文化学校注重环境与校园文化活动对师生的潜移默化影响，充分发挥校园自然人文景观和大学生艺术节、美乐星期六等文化活动的育人功能，不断推出人文精品《致青春》、《魂铸巴山》获全国舞蹈荷花奖银奖，280多项文化艺术作品荣获国家、省级奖励。
Theuniversity highlights the subtle influence of campus environment and cultural activities on teachers and students, and brings their educating role into full play, promoting cultural activities such as Art Festival of College Students, Happy Saturday and so on. Dances “To Youth” and “Soul Cast in Ba Mountain” were awarded the silver medals in the “Lotus Prize”- National Dance Competition, and over 280 artworks won national and provincial awards.
培养目标：培养能在企事业单位、跨国公司、金融机构、教学科研单位及政府部门等单位从事财务管理、教学、科研工作的应用型、复合型人才。
主干课程：开设经济学、工商管理、基础会计、宏观经济学、微观经济学、财务会计、管理学、财务管理、国际贸易、成本会计、国际金融、国际财务管理、管理会计、会计电算化、财务汉语等课程。 计算机科学与技术（本科）：
Computer培养目标：培养能在大型软件公司、科研院所、企事业单位和行政管理部门等从事软件开发、项目管理、测试与维护工作的专门人才，也可在教育单位从事教学和科研工作。
主干课程：开设计算机软件与理论、软件工程、数学、高等数学、线性代数、离散数学、计算机组成原理、数据结构、数据库原理、操作系统、计算机网络原理、C语言程序设计、ＪａｖａＷｅｂ应用开发、C#及WinForms编程、ASP.NET、软件测试与质量保障、面向对象的分析与设计、软件项目管理、XML基础等课程。
International培养目标：培养能在国内外各类高校从事汉语教学，在各职能部门、外贸机构、新闻出版单位及企事业从事中外文化交流相关工作的高素质应用型、复合型专门人才。
主干课程：中国语言文学、现代汉语、古代汉语、语言学概论、应用语言学、对外汉语教学概论、中国古代文学、中国现代文学、中国文化通论、写作、外国语等课程。
培养目标：培养能从事旅游资源开发、利用与保护、旅游市场营销以及旅行社、酒店、景区等旅游企事业单位管理工作，也可在各类企事业单位、政府机关及部门从事管理、教学和科研等工作的具有较强解决实际问题能力的复合型应用型人才。
主干课程：开设管理学、旅游心理学、旅游学概论、旅游服务人员礼仪、旅行社经营与管理、餐饮管理、酒店经营与管理、旅游英语、英语口语与听力、旅游法规、形体训练、导游业务、公共关系学等课程。
生活设施：(留学生公寓设备齐全，带有独立卫生间、学习室、空调、网络、热水、直饮水、洗衣房。
学校建有综合性体育馆、网球场、篮球场、游泳池、多功能学生活动中心等各类现代化服务设施；拥有舒适的校园环境，便利的公共服务，丰富的图书资源，先进的教学设备、千兆宽带的校园网、优美的就餐环境、优越的住宿环境，这些都为留学生提供了舒心的环境。
International student's dormitory is equipped with bathroom, study room, laundry room, hot water, drinking water, air-conditioner and internet and so on.
The university has different types of modern facilities such as comprehensive gymnasium, tennis courts, basketball courts, swimming pools, multi-functional student activity center, which provides a comfortable learning environment for foreign students.
学校重视留学生在我校的学习生活情况，同时也投入了大量资金帮助海外留学生在我校顺利完成学业，目前设有四川省政府奖学金和学校校级奖学金两类。
The university attaches great importance to international students' learning life in the campus, and meanwhile invests a large sum of money to ensure overseas students' successful graduation. Currently two kinds of scholarships are offered to foreign students, that is, Sichuan provincial government scholarships and university scholarships.
