Hexi University, located in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, is an ordinary undergraduate college in Gansu Province. It is jointly established by the Gansu Provincial People's Government and five cities in Hexi, and is mainly provincial. Selected into the education and training plan of outstanding agricultural and forestry talents of the Ministry of Education, the collaborative quality improvement plan of normal education, and the counterpart support plan of universities in the western region (the counterpart support of Fudan University is determined by the Ministry of Education);

It is the deputy secretary-general of the "Belt and Road" University Alliance and the chairman of the Collaborative Development Alliance of Hexi University.

Hexi College originated from Zhangye Normal School in Gansu Province and was founded in 194 1. Zhangye Teachers College was established in1958; 1959 was transformed into Zhangye Teachers College; 1962 transferred to Zhangye Normal School;

1978, Zhangye Normal University resumed; 1992 changed its name to Zhangye Normal University; In 2000, it was merged into the original Zhangye Agricultural School and Zhangye Vocational Secondary School; 200 1, transformed into Hexi college; 20 14 The former Zhangye Medical College and Zhangye People's Hospital were merged into Hexi College to form a new Hexi College.

As of April 2023, the school covers an area of nearly 4,000 mu, with a school building area of 610.3 million square meters, total fixed assets of10.474 billion yuan, total experimental instruments and equipment of 325 million yuan, paper books/kloc-0.6 million copies and electronic books10.8 million copies. There are 20 secondary colleges and 70 undergraduate majors;

Have 3 professional master's degree authorization points; There are 32 faculty members15, including full-time teachers 1 183; There are 20349 full-time students.

194 1 The Xinjiang Education Department of the Ministry of Education of the National Government plans to set up several normal schools in Gansu to develop education in minority areas. In the autumn of the same year, the Education Department of Gansu Province decided to establish Zhangye Normal School in Gansu Province.

And began enrolling students that year. The Records of Gansu Province and the Records of Education contain: "The National Northwest Normal School moved to Linxia, and the former Linxia Normal School moved to Zhangye, renamed as" Zhangye Normal School ",and the school site was tentatively named Confucian Temple.