Recently, the Science and Technology Department of Education Ministry officially released its latest 2017 science and technology statistical data collection of colleges and universities, the result mainly covers four aspects: science and technology subject, academic papers, the income of technology transfer and the achievement award. According to the statistics, Sichuan University has performed well, ranking  the third in the number of scientific and technological subjects and academic papers in China.

The number of scientific and technology projects and the number of published papers ranks the third in China.

With a total of 8,552 scienceand technology projects, Sichuan University is second only to Sun Yat-sen University and Zhejiang University, ranking the third in China. A total of 3,944 people were invested, with 1.957 billion yuan allocated and 1.421 billion yuan spent.

Academic papers are the most basic elements to display and evaluate scientific and technological achievements, as well as an important index to measure the scientific research strength of colleges and universities. Statistically, Sichuan University published 14777 academic papers, ranking third in the country. With 8221 articles published in foreign and national level publications, Sichuan University Exceeds Peking University.

Great performance on Technology transfer income and the number of achievements award.

The income from technology transfer reflects the economic benefit of the output of science and technology activities in colleges and universities and is also an important indicator of the strength of science and technology. The transfer of science and technology from Sichuan University cost 47 million yuan and 47 contracts were signed. The number of awards, especiallythe national science and technology awards, reflects theinner quality of scientific and technological achievements in colleges and universities. Sichuan University has won 4 national awards and 42 total awards.

By report,The Colleges and Universities Science and Technology Statistical Data Collection is based on the country's unified deployment and the work of colleges and universities science and technology, combined with the national scientific research and development (R & D) resource inventory, on the basis of National Colleges and Universities Science and Technology Statistical Yearbook (science, engineering, agriculture, medical) under the education department organization (Education Commission) , through comprehensive processing andsorting. It is a comprehensive reflection of the overall situation of colleges and universities on science and technology. 2017 Colleges and Universities Science and Technology Statistical Collection records in detail the overall situation of 1804 higher education institutions which establishes professional teaching on science, engineering, agriculture, medical and its affiliated hospitals in basic research, applied research, development and R & D achievements application test, other technology services by the year of 2016.