Northwest university of politics and law, northwest university of politics and law for short, is located in Xi 'an, a world famous historical and cultural city. It is a higher political and legal college funded by the central and local governments and headed by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government. The school's predecessor was/kloc-0, the Northern Shaanxi Public School rebuilt in June 1939, Yan 'an University established in June 1994/kloc-0, and Northwest People's Revolutionary University established in June 1949/kloc-0. He is a key law school in Chinese mainland directly under the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme People's Court.

Northwest university of politics and law was officially renamed as northwest university of politics and law from northwest university of politics and law in 2006. 20 18 in may, the school official website showed that the school has two campuses, Yanta and Chang' an, covering an area of 1347 mu, with 19 colleges and 30 undergraduate majors; There are more than 4,000 full-time undergraduates/KLOC-0, and more than 2,700 master's and doctoral students.