Xinjiang University is a world-class university construction university, a comprehensive national key university, a university jointly built by the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a key university built by the national "2 1 1 project" and a key university built by the national western development, and has been selected into the national "1/plan".

Lanzhou University is a national "double-first-class" world-class university construction university. It is a national key construction university under the "985 Project" and "21Project", and has been selected as one of the national "Everest Plan", "201Plan" and "1Plan".

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The predecessor of Xinjiang University is Xinjiang College of Russian Politics and Law, which was founded in 1924. 1935 65438+ 10 was transferred to Xinjiang college. 1 960 65438+1October1,Xinjiang University was formally established. 65438-0978, the school was identified by the State Council as the only national key university in Xinjiang. 1997 was included in the first batch of "2 1 1 project" key universities in China. In 2000, it was identified as a national key construction university for the development of the western region; In the same year, Xinjiang University merged with the former Xinjiang Institute of Technology to form a new Xinjiang University. In 2004, the school became a "regional university" approved by the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Ministry of Education.