According to the inquiry of the Pocket Postgraduate Entrance Examination, in 2023, the minimum score of professional master in Northwest Normal University was 157, and the minimum score of academic master was 263.

Northwest Normal University is a key university jointly established by Gansu Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education. Its predecessor was National Beiping Normal University, and its predecessor was Shi Jing University Teachers College, which was established in 1902. 19 12 was changed to "National Beijing Normal University" and 1923 was changed to "National Beiping Normal University".