Northwest University, located in Xi, the capital of Shaanxi Province, is a comprehensive national key university founded by the people of China, the Ministry of Education and the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government.
Ranked among 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 plan of universities, the national public postgraduate plan for building high-level universities, the scholarship receiving institution of China government for international students in China, and the first batch of demonstration universities in China to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education.
History of Northwest University;
Northwest University was founded in 1902 Shaanxi University Hall and Shi Jing University Hall by Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty. 19 12 is called Northwest University. 1923 changed to National Northwest University. From 65438 to 0937, the National xi 'an Temporary University was formed by the National Peiping University, Beiping Normal University, Beiyang Institute of Technology and National Peiping Research Institute, which moved westward to Shaanxi.
1938 changed to National Northwest United University. 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.