Northwest University was founded in 1902 Shaanxi University Hall and Shi Jing University Hall. 19 12 is called Northwest University. 1923 changed to National Northwest University. 1937, the National Peking University, Beiping Normal University, Beiyang Institute of Technology and Beiping Research Institute, which moved westward to Shaanxi, formed the National xi 'an Temporary University. 1938 was renamed as National Northwest United University, and 1939 was renamed as 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. Now it is the first batch of national "world-class discipline construction universities", national "2 1 1 project", Ministry of Education and Shaanxi Province.
The school has successively won the first and second prizes of the National Natural Science Award, the second prize of the National Technological Invention Award, the second prize of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Award, the China Patent Gold Award and other major scientific and technological awards.
The school attaches great importance to foreign scientific and cultural exchanges, and has established friendly and cooperative relations with more than 100 universities and scientific research institutions in more than 30 countries and regions such as the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Japan. The Encyclopedia Britannica once listed Northwest University as one of the world famous universities.
The above contents refer to Northwest University-school profile.