Xi'an Northwest University

In the early days of the PRC, NWU was a national university directly under the control of the Ministry of Education. In 1958, it was taken over by Shaanxi province; and in 1978, it became a national key university. At present, NWU is selected to be one of the State “211 Project” universities; it enjoys state support from the “One University for One Province Initiative.”and is jointly administered by the Ministry of Education and the Shaanxi provincial government.

NWU consists of three campuses, namely Chang’an Campus, Taibai Campus and Taoyuan Campus, covering a total area of around 393 acres. Northwest University comprises 21 schools and departments which offers 83 Undergraduate Program, 189 Master programs and 107 Doctoral Programs. And there are 21 post-doctoral research centers.

Moreover, NWU houses a national key laboratory. It has 4 national experimental teaching demonstration centers and 7 national bases for talent cultivation. In addition, there is a national base for the quality education of college students, a national research center of engineering & technology, a national base for international technological cooperation, and 26 provincial key laboratories, engineering﹠technology centers, and key research bases for humanities and social sciences. 

The University has a faculty and staff of over 2400 members. The faculty is distinguished by possessing 3 academicians, 4 honored professors endowed by “the Cheung Kong Scholars Program”and 4 Gold Prize winners of National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists. It can boast 42 “National and Provincial Experts with Outstanding Contributions”, 4 “Nationally Distinguished Teachers”, 5 “Ministry of Education Innovative Teams” and 5 “Nationally Distinguished Teaching Teams.” The current student population now exceeds 26000, including 7000 graduates and 700 overseas students.

Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, NWU has nurtured over 100,000 professional talents of different disciplines. Most of them have gone onto join the professional, academic and administrative backbone of the nation, fulfilling leading roles in different regions and sectors. The University has been praised as “the Mother of Chinese Petroleum Engineering”,“the Cradle of Economists” and “the Cradle of Writers”. NWU is among the first group of pilot universities entitled to train officer candidates for the People’s Liberation Army.

Northwest University is awarded contracts for over 100 research projects of national importance each year, including “the 863 Project”, “the 973 Project”, “the Summit-Scaling Project,” and the projects of the National Science Foundation and the National Social Science Foundation, and others. To date, the University has won a series of major scientific research awards including first and second prizes in the National Awards for Natural Science, first prizes in Cheung Kong Scholars Achievements Awards as well as Shaanxi Provincial Superior Scientific Research Achievements Awards, et al.

NWU always gives priority to its international exchange and cooperation. Now it has established cooperative relations with more than 100 institutions of higher learning and research in more than 20 foreign countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan, as well as regions such as Hong Kong and Taiwan. The NWU had been accepting international students since 1965. More than 10,000 students from over 20 countries and regions had studied at NWU. 

The College of International Cultural Exchange was established in 1992 for international students’ teaching, management and daily service. The College has adapted a complete and efficient managing and serving system. It currently has over 30 experienced teachers of teaching Chinese as second language. The School is adapting a teaching methodology of integrating culture into the process of language learning which enjoys excellent outcome. Thus, the number of international students grows steadily every year.