Northwest University for Nationalities is neither a 2 1 1 university nor a 985 university. It is the first university for nationalities founded after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). It is a central subordinate university directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. It is located in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. It is a full-time undergraduate college directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. It was established by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Education, the China Academy of Sciences and the Gansu Provincial People's Government.

It is the backbone plan of ethnic minorities, the first batch of pilot universities for the reform of the national education and training plan for outstanding talents in agriculture and forestry, the construction unit of high-level universities in Gansu Province, the member unit of CDIO Engineering Education Alliance and the governing unit of China Entrepreneurship Education Alliance of UNESCO.

The school started from1September, 949, and the First Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army set up Tibetan classes and Tibetan schools in Lanzhou. 1950 65438+ 10 was converted into the third department of Lanzhou Branch of Northwest People's Revolutionary University. 1950 In August, Northwest University for Nationalities was formally established. In April 2003, Northwest University for Nationalities was renamed Northwest University for Nationalities.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Northwest University for Nationalities.