The School of Public Affairs and Administration of UESTC dates back to 1956 with the establishment of Marxism-Lenism Teaching Department, from which the Department of Social Science and Humanities has been comprehensibly evolved in 1984 and gradually developed into the School of Social Science and Humanities in 1993, renamed as the School of Political Science and Public Administration in 2006 and since 2017 renamed as School of Public Affairs and Administration.

With research-led 66 full-time faculty members, SPAA has 20 full-time professors, 19 appointed adjunct professors, 28 associate professors and 18 lecturers. 38 faculty members have been awarded as top national and provincial excellent teachers and researchers such as “National Outstanding Teachers”, “New Century Talents” of the Ministry of Education in China, “Academic Peer” and “Thousand Talents” of Sichuan Province.

SPAA is top ranked for our full line of degrees from undergraduate to Ph.D degree including 4 bachelor degrees of Public Management, Information Management, Law and Urban Studies and 2 master degrees of Public Management and Journalism and Communication, 2 professional programs of MPA and MJC respectively, English-instructed International Program in Public Management and Ph.D degree in Urban Studies and Management in highly rated education with featured key disciplines, as well as featured Think Tank, Centers and Institutes for Social Science Research.

We offer many unusual advantages compared to other schools of Public Administration and Political School for UESTC is “a cradle for Chinese Electronic Information Industry”. Our school’s research and teaching is information knowledge based one. With joint efforts and contributions from SPAA faculty, we have witnessed proud legacy of teaching and researching nationwide with Top National Courses based Teaching Achievements, Nationally Recognized Research Projects Granted and enjoy popularity of academic influence worldwide via the platform of International Conference on Public Administration (ICPA).