There are eight first-class universities in Shaanxi Province, namely xi Jiaotong University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Northwest A&F University, Northwest University, Shaanxi Normal University, xidian university, Chang 'an University and the Fourth Military Medical University.

Northwest A&F University: referred to as Xinong or Northwest Agricultural University for short, located in Yangling Demonstration Zone, Shaanxi Province, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), a university directly under the central government, a world-class university construction university, and a key construction university of "985 Project" and "21Project".

Xi Jiaotong University: referred to as Xi Jiaotong University, Xi Jiaotong University is located in Xi, the capital of Shaanxi Province. It is a national key research university directly under the Ministry of Education and the Central Government of People's Republic of China (PRC). Established by the Ministry of Education and the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, it is listed as a world-class university construction university and a national key construction university during the Seventh Five-Year Plan and the Eighth Five-Year Plan, 2 165438+.

Northwestern Polytechnical University: referred to as "Xigong University" for short, located in Xi City, the capital of Shaanxi Province, directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, and directly under the sub-ministerial system, is the only national key university in China with the characteristics of developing aviation, aerospace and navigation engineering education and scientific research at the same time, and ranks among the national "Class A universities for building world-class universities", Project 985, 2 18.