Northwest University, referred to as "Xida University", is located in Xi City, the capital of Shaanxi Province. It is a comprehensive national key university jointly established by the people of China, the Ministry of Education and the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, and ranks among the first batch of national "world-class discipline construction universities" and national "2 1 1 project" key construction universities.
Northwest University was founded in 1902 Shaanxi University Hall and Shi Jing University Hall by Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty. 19 12 is called Northwest University. 1923 changed to National Northwest University. From 65438 to 0937, the National xi 'an Temporary University was formed by the National Peiping University, Beiping Normal University, Beiyang Institute of Technology and National Peiping Research Institute, which moved westward to Shaanxi.
1938 was changed to National Northwest United University, and 1939 was changed to National Northwest University. After the founding of New China, it is a comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education. 1950 changed its name to Northwest University. 1958 transferred to the director of Shaanxi province. 1978 was identified as a national key university.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Northwest University