1937年抗日战争全面爆发,以重庆为中心的大后方教育并未因战争中断,反而得以继续发展。战时的中央大学建筑系迎来了“兴旺繁荣的沙坪坝时代”。由于战争破坏后的城市重建以及迁建区建设的需要。急需大量的建筑专业人才,促使重庆大学在战时成立了建筑系,并迅速发展,使重庆成为西南地区最早的建筑专业人才培养之地。
The Anti-Japanese War broke out overall since 1937. Education did not interrupt by the war, but to continue development in Chongqing as the center rear area. The Architecture Department in Central University brought "the thriving Shapingba period" in the wartime, A large number of construction professionals being demanded for the needs of the post-war reconstruction and the evacuation migration construction, Chongqing University was prompted to found the architecture department and development rapid in wartime. Chongqing became the first architecture personnel training place in southwest China from then on.