Hetao College is located in Hetao Plain. Its predecessor was Hetao University, which was founded in 1985. It is a comprehensive college focusing on cultivating high-quality applied talents. On March 20 12, it was upgraded to an ordinary undergraduate school with the approval of the Ministry of Education, becoming the only ordinary undergraduate school in western Inner Mongolia.
20 14 The school official website shows that the school covers an area of 692 mu, with a building area of 240,000 square meters and fixed assets of 4180,000 yuan. All kinds of teaching instruments and equipment are worth 43.52.1.6 million yuan, with 739,000 books in the library, 2 teaching units 1.2, and 9,629 full-time students.