Sichuan University has established friendly cooperative ties with over 100 universities and research institutes from over 30 countries and regions, they include American Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, Washington University, Landon University in England, University of Toronto in Granada, etc.

The School of Overseas Education is set up to teach international students the Chinese language and culture.  It boasts an experienced teaching staff, broad coverage of distinctive courses, advanced facilities, a favorable environment for study and strict management of teaching affairs. In addition to enrolling Masters Students in TCSOL and overseas undergraduates in Chinese majors, it also offers programs of Chinese training to foreign experts and teachers, staff of foreign consular agencies, international organizations, and multinational companies in the Chengdu region, as well as Chinese courses to international students other than Chinese majors. Moreover, the college partners with foreign universities and education agencies in running summer courses and intensive training programs of the Chinese language.

Since China's reform and opening up, over1000 groups and 5000 people have visited our university, including American vice president Mr. Bush, the famous scientist Yang Chen-Ning , Lee Tsung-Dao , etc. Since 1978, Sichuan University invited over 2000 experts or scholars to the university to give lectures and carry some co-research plans, some of the disciplines related to natural science and engineering technique science, such as mathematics、physics、chemistry、macromolecule material、electron information, it related to literal human ores and social science too, such as economics、management、demology、law、history、archaeology、religion、Chinese traditional culture.