Sichuan International Studies University (SISU), an institution of higher learning with a glorious educational tradition, was founded in May 1950. SISU, is the only college in southwest China specialized in foreign language teaching, and is a key school in this part of China from whose graduates the Chinese Foreign Ministry finds its recruits.

Subordinate to the Chongqing People's Government, SISU is located at the Gele Mountain Forest Park by the Jialing River, covering a total area of 770,000 square meters, with a total constructed area of 230,000 square meters. With its quiet and beautiful surroundings and profound cultural heritage the college is granted the title of "a garden-like unit" of Chongqing by the municipal government.