Xinjiang University

Xinjiang University
شىنجاڭ ئۇنىۋېرستېتى
新疆大学
Type Public
Established 1924
Undergraduates > 20,000
Location Ürümqi, China
Campus Urban
Website www.xju.edu.cn

Xinjiang University (XJU) (Uyghur: شىنجاڭ ئۇنىۋېرستېتى, Шинҗаң Университети , Chinese: 新疆大学; pinyin: Xīnjiāng Dàxué) is one of the major universities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, and is a national key university. Established in 1924 in Urumqi, Xinjiang University is a comprehensive university with the highest academic level in Xinjiang, under Project 211.[1] It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Class B Double First Class University.[2]

Establishment and location

In 1924, Xinjiang Russian and Law School was founded, which is known as the former school of Xinjiang University. In 1935, it was converted to Xinjiang College. Xinjiang University was named in 1960; it is in the southern part of Urumqi. Among its prominent leaders was Du Zhongyuan, who was executed in 1943 on suspicion of being subversive.

It is a national key comprehensive university with students from various ethnic groups. It is one of two in Xinjiang entering the national “211 Project.” On December 30, 2000, the former Xinjiang University and Xinjiang Engineering Institute merged into a new Xinjiang University. In the past 78 years, it has seen 65,000 students graduate.

Colleges

Xinjiang University comprises fourteen schools, which has courses and branches of study ranging from science, engineering, law and economics to management, the arts and history. A new major in intellectual property was created in 2013. XJU has three campuses: the Main Campus, the North Campus and the South Campus.

Faculty

There are three Ph.D. programs, 46 Masters’ programs and 75 undergraduate majors. The university has research institutions in these areas of study:

  • Economics
  • Arid Ecology
  • Math Theory
  • Demography
  • Applied Chemistry
  • Central Asian Culture
  • Altaic Study
  • Architectural Design

See also

References

  1. About Xinjiang University Archived September 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine., Retrieved on 2 September 2008
  2. "教育部 财政部 国家发展改革委 关于公布世界一流大学和一流学科建设高校及建设 学科名单的通知 (Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first class universities and disciplines)".

Coordinates: 43°45′58″N 87°36′48″E / 43.76608°N 87.61321°E / 43.76608; 87.61321


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