The college has formed a three-level tobacco professional training system of undergraduate, master and doctor. Tobacco specialty is a first-class specialty in Yunnan Province, with key specialty, characteristic specialty and comprehensive pilot specialty of specialty reform. Tobacco science is a master's program of secondary discipline. Relying on the doctoral program of Crop Genetics and breeding, the university recruits doctoral students in crop variety and ecology. At present, there are 823 full-time undergraduate students and 85 full-time and part-time postgraduates. The college has two academician workstations such as Yunnan Tobacco Science and engineering experimental teaching center and Yunnan tobacco industry postgraduate joint training and innovation base. The National off campus practical education base for college students, and 15 off campus practical teaching bases in cooperation with tobacco and other enterprises.

The college has 42 forty-two faculty members, including 7 professors, sixteen associate senior titles and seventeen doctoral degree holders; There are 3 doctoral tutors, 24 master tutors, 2 famous teachers in Yunling, 1 famous teacher in the special support plan for high-level talents in Yunnan Province, 2 famous teachers in Colleges and universities in Yunnan Province, 4 young and middle-aged academic leaders and reserve talents in Yunnan Province, 1 famous teacher in Ideological and political teaching of Provincial courses, 1 ideological and political demonstration course of provincial courses, 1 ideological and political demonstration team of provincial courses, 1 provincial virtual teaching and Research Office There are 2 provincial teaching teams and ten provincial special awards for teaching achievements. At present, more than thirty national natural science foundation projects and tobacco projects at all levels inside and outside the province are under research. The research results in green and high-quality tobacco production, ecological environment protection in tobacco areas, cigarette flavoring and moisturizing have been recognized and applied by tobacco enterprises, more than thirty patents have been authorized, and more than 10 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards have been successively awarded by the National Tobacco Corporation and the people's Government of Yunnan Province, There are more than thirty awards for scientific and technological achievements of provincial tobacco enterprises such as Yunnan tobacco company and Yunnan China Tobacco Industry Co., Ltd.