Xinjiang University

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 Ürümqi, 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]

Xinjiang University
شىنجاڭ ئۇنىۋېرستېتى 新疆大学

Type	Public
Established	1924
Undergraduates	> 20,000
Location	Ürümqi , Xinjiang , China
Campus	Urban
Website	www.xju.edu.cn

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 Ürümqi. 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

Asteroid

Asteroid 192450 Xinjiangdaxue was named in honor of the university.[3] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 (M.P.C. 111803).[4]

Notable Alumni

Tashpolat Tiyip
Migiti Hudabyer
Uzur Slam
Abu Krem
Abdullah Abbas
Su Bai·Anabe
Muha Baite Haasmu
Xia Xi
Pan Xiaoling
Nur Beckley
Zhou Ji
Yang Song
Sima Yi Tili Valdi
Yang Gang
Alken Tunia
Japar Abbbra
Esherty Krimubai
Abdullah Abdul Ghiti
Ibrahim Abdullah
Nurchari 恰恰
Wang Huaiyu
Buy Timothy Zacker
Xiong Huiyin
High water
Li Wei
Fu Qiang
Nurlan Abuman
Hou Changan
Jia Chengzao

References

About Xinjiang University Archived September 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 2 September 2008
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]. Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.
"192450 Xinjiangdaxue (1997 WY21)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
"MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved October 17, 2018.

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Universities and colleges in Xinjiang
Provincial	Kashgar University Shihezi University Tarim University Xinjiang Agricultural University Xinjiang Arts Institute Xinjiang Medical University Xinjiang Normal University Xinjiang University Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics Yili Normal University
See also: List of universities in China Education in China History of education in China

Former Project 211
Higher education and universities in China
Beijing	Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing University of Technology Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China University of Geosciences (Beijing) China University of Petroleum (Beijing) China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) China University of Political Science and Law Communication University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University Peking Union Medical College Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University University of International Business and Economics University of Science and Technology Beijing
Shanghai	Donghua University East China Normal University East China University of Science and Technology Fudan University Second Military Medical University Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Tongji University
Tianjin	Nankai University Tianjin Medical University Tianjin University
Chongqing	Chongqing University Southwest University
Anhui	Anhui University Hefei University of Technology University of Science and Technology of China
Fujian	Xiamen University Fuzhou University
Guangdong	Jinan University South China Normal University South China University of Technology Sun Yat-sen University
Guizhou	Guizhou University
Gansu	Lanzhou University
Hainan	Hainan University
Hebei	Hebei University of Technology
Heilongjiang	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Institute of Technology Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Forestry University
Henan	Zhengzhou University
Hubei	China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) Wuhan University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan University of Technology Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Normal University Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Hunan	Central South University Hunan Normal University Hunan University National University of Defense Technology
Jiangsu	China Pharmaceutical University Hohai University Jiangnan University Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing University Nanjing University of Science and Technology Soochow University Southeast University China University of Mining and Technology
Jiangxi	Nanchang University
Jilin	Jilin University Northeast Normal University Yanbian University
Liaoning	Dalian Maritime University Dalian University of Technology Liaoning University Northeastern University
Qinghai	Qinghai University
Shaanxi	Chang'an University Fourth Military Medical University Northwest A&F University Northwest University Northwestern Polytechnical University Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an Jiaotong University Xidian University
Shandong	China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Shandong University Ocean University of China
Shanxi	Taiyuan University of Technology
Sichuan	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan University Southwest Jiaotong University Southwestern University of Finance and Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Yunnan	Yunnan University
Zhejiang	Zhejiang University
Guangxi	Guangxi University
Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia University
Ningxia	Ningxia University
Tibet	Tibet University
Xinjiang	Shihezi University Xinjiang University
See also: Project 985

Xinjiang topics
Ürümqi (capital)
History	Yuezhi Xiongnu Han dynasty Protectorate of the Western Regions Kingdom of Khotan Sixteen Kingdoms Gaochang Göktürks: First, Western, Eastern, and Second Tang dynasty Protectorate General to Pacify the West Four Garrisons of Anxi Beiting Protectorate Tibetan Empire Uyghur Khaganate Kingdom of Qocho Kara-Khanid Khanate Islamicisation and Turkicisation of Xinjiang Qara Khitai Mongol Empire Yuan dynasty Chagatai Khanate Moghulistan Kara Del Yarkent Khanate Dzungar Khanate Dzungar conquest of Altishahr Dzungar–Qing War Dzungar genocide Kumul Khanate Qing dynasty Qing rule Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas Āfāqī Khoja Holy War Holy War of the Seven Khojas General of Ili Reconquest of Xinjiang Republic of China Xinjiang Wars Ili Rebellion Government-in-exile People's Republic of China PRC incorporation
Geography	Cities Tian Shan Dzungarian Basin Tarim Basin Gurbantünggüt Desert Kumtag Desert Taklimakan Desert Turpan Depression Karakoram Mountains Altai Mountains Kunlun Shan Pamir Mountains Torugart Pass Irkeshtam Pass Karakoram Pass Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway
Education	Xinjiang University Xinjiang Agricultural University Xinjiang Medical University
Culture	Doppa Festival Music Meshrep gathering Muqam
Cuisine	Dapanji Nan Sangza Samsa Youtazi Pamirdin Xurpa Tunurkawab Chinese Islamic cuisine
Visitor attractions	Apak Khoja and Xiang Fei Tomb Flaming Mountains Jiaohe Ruins Gaochang Grand Bazaar, Ürümqi Id Kah Mosque Karakul Lake Kizil Caves Ruins of Niya
Xinjiang conflict	1989 Ürümqi unrest Baren Township riot 1992 Ürümqi bombings Ghulja incident 1992 Ürümqi bombings 1997 Ürümqi bus bombings Xinjiang raid 2008 Uyghur unrest 2008 Kashgar attack Shaoguan incident July 2009 Ürümqi riots September 2009 Xinjiang unrest 2010 Aksu bombing 2011 Hotan attack 2011 Kashgar attacks Pishan hostage crisis 2012 Yecheng attack Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554 April 2013 Bachu unrest June 2013 Shanshan riots 2013 Tiananmen Square attack 2014 Kunming attack 2014 China–Vietnam border shootout April 2014 Ürümqi attack May 2014 Ürümqi attack Assassination of Juma Tayir Vocational Education and Training Centers
People	Amursana Mingrui Jahangir Khoja Yaqub Beg Zuo Zongtang Yang Zengxin Jin Shuren Sheng Shicai Ehmetjan Qasim Wang Zhen Saifuddin Azizi Rebiya Kadeer Nur Bekri Li Zhi Wang Lequan Zhang Chunxian Ilham Tohti
Related	Uyghur people Migration to Xinjiang East Turkestan Independence movement World Uyghur Congress China–Kazakhstan relations China–Kyrgyzstan relations China–Pakistan relations China–Turkey relations
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