North Minzu University is located in Xixia District, Yinchuan City, the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. It is the only subordinate comprehensive university in China established in the minority autonomous region. The school was founded in 1984, formerly known as Northwest Second University for Nationalities. In 2004, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission signed an agreement with Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and in 2007, it was rated as an excellent post for undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education. In May 2008, it was renamed North University for Nationalities with the approval of the Ministry of Education.
As of 20 13, the school covers an area of 1624 mu, with a total construction area of 400,000 square meters. Fixed assets of 840 million yuan, of which the total value of teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment exceeds 200 million yuan; The library has 6.5438+0.24 million paper books. There are 2 1 teaching colleges and 6 research institutes. * * * There are 63 undergraduate majors, 6 first-class discipline master programs, 28 master programs in two disciplines, and master programs in engineering 1 program. Undergraduate majors cover economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, medicine, management, art and other disciplines 10.
The school enrolls students from 3 1 province, city and autonomous region in China, and there are more than 1.8 million full-time students from 56 ethnic groups studying and living in the school. The school has won the title of "advanced collective of national unity and progress" in the autonomous region for many times, and the National Greening Committee awarded the honorary title of "400 outstanding greening units in the national department" and was named "garden-style unit" by Yinchuan Municipal People's Government.