Key liberal arts universities in xi include Northwest University, Shaanxi Normal University, northwest university of politics and law, Xi University of Architecture and Technology and Xi Foreign Affairs University. Northwest University, referred to as "Xida University", is located in Xi City, the capital of Shaanxi Province. It is a comprehensive national key university founded by China people, Ministry of Education and Shaanxi Provincial People's Government. Selected into the first batch of national "world-class discipline construction universities" and national "2 1 1 project" key construction universities, selected into the basic capacity building project of universities in the central and western regions, the discipline innovation and intelligence introduction program of universities, the national postgraduate program for building high-level universities, the national demonstration base for cultivating innovative talents, the scholarship receiving institution of China government for overseas students in China, and the first batch of national demonstration universities for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education. China-Japan Humanities Exchange University Alliance, New Silk Road University Alliance and Chang 'an Alliance are the founding members, and the first batch of doctoral, master's and bachelor's degree awarding units in China are the oldest institutions of higher learning in northwest China.