本文从我国水利水电建设的现状、西部大开发及重庆市大发展的需要三个方面论述了在地处西部的重庆高校设置水利水电工程专业的必要性 ,最后阐述了设置水利水电工程专业的合理性 This article discusses the necessity of setting up water conservancy and hydropower engineering major in colleges and universities located in the west of Chongqing from the three aspects of the status quo of water conservancy and hydropower construction in our country, the development of the western region and the needs of the great development of Chongqing Municipality. At last, it elaborates the reasonableness of setting the major of water conservancy and hydropower engineering Sex