Northwest University for Nationalities is located in Lanzhou, an important node city of the Belt and Road Initiative. It is the first national institution of higher learning founded after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, it is a public institution jointly established by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the Ministry of Education, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the People's Government of Gansu Province, and a high-level university construction unit determined by Gansu Province.

There are 2 national experimental teaching (demonstration) centers, the National Education Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Education 1 key research base, the ethnic and religious theory research base of China United Front Theory Research Association 1, 4 key research bases of humanities and social sciences of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, other provincial and ministerial humanities and social sciences research bases and new think tanks 10.

School honor

The school was awarded the honorary title of "National Model Collective of National Unity and Progress" by the State Council twice, was awarded the title of "Excellent Unit of National College Student Volunteers' Summer Social Practice Activities in the Countryside" by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League for many times, and was rated as "Excellent" twice in the assessment of poverty alleviation work in Gansu Province.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Northwest University for Nationalities