Xinjiang University, referred to as "Xinda" for short, is located in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is a world-class university construction institution (Class B)? , a comprehensive national key university, a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a national "21/project" key university, a national key university for the development of the western region, a national "11plan", a comprehensive strength improvement project for universities in the central and western regions, and a national graduate student for building high-level universities.
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.