Peking University is the second key university to offer archaeology major after Peking University, which is located in Shaanxi, the ancient capital of the Millennium. Archaeological sites are the most, especially important sites, and the leaders are basically graduates from West University. Therefore, students majoring in archaeology at West University have many internship opportunities after studying.

In this way, the students of this major not only have a solid theoretical foundation, but also have rich practical experience and practical ability, laying a good foundation for future work.

At the beginning of reform and opening up, among the master students and doctoral students recruited by Peking University, the students from West University often won. Today, many of the directors of the teaching and research section of archaeology major in Peking University are from the West University and become the backbone.