Located in Zigong City, Sichuan Province, Sichuan University of light and chemical technology also has a campus in Yibin City. It has been selected into the basic capacity construction project of universities in central and western regions, the second batch of excellent engineer education and training plan of the Ministry of education, the excellent agriculture and forestry talent education and training plan of Sichuan Province, the Sichuan 2011 plan, and the "hundred school project" of data China. It is one of the first batch of post doctoral innovation and practice bases in Sichuan Province and the first batch of innovation and practice bases in Sichuan Province The reform pilot universities, the second batch of provincial innovation and entrepreneurship education reform demonstration universities in Sichuan Province, the high-tech industry demonstration scientific research units in Sichuan Province, the first batch of scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer bases in Colleges and universities, the Secretary General unit of China brewery University Alliance, the director unit of Tianfu University Foreign Affairs alliance, and the vice director unit of South Sichuan University Alliance.Its predecessor is the Southwest Branch of East China Institute of Chemical Technology (now East China University of science and Technology), which was established in 1965; it was changed to Sichuan Branch of Shanghai Institute of Chemical Technology in 1972; it was changed to Sichuan Institute of Chemical Technology in 1979; it was renamed Sichuan Institute of light chemical industry in 1983; in 2003, Sichuan Institute of light chemical industry merged with Zigong Teachers College, Zigong college and Zigong Institute of education to form Sichuan Institute of science and technology In 2018, it was renamed Sichuan University of light and chemical technology.By the end of 2019, Yibin has a full-time literature database with a total area of 123.29 million yuan, including more than 2.75 million full-time teachers and graduate students, with a total construction area of 2.35 billion yuan There are 22 colleges, 75 undergraduate majors, 19 junior college enrollment majors in 2019, 7 first level master's degree authorization points (covering 32 second level disciplines) and 9 professional degree categories (covering 18 professional degree fields).