Inner Mongolia University is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is a national "double first-class" university, a national "2 1 1 Project" key university, and the first comprehensive university established in a minority area after the founding of China. The school is located in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and its motto is "seeking truth and being pragmatic".

In September, 2002, official website showed that the school covers an area of 4 1 0/.34 mu, with a building area of 923 1 0,000 square meters and a staff of 1 0,945. The school consists of the headquarters, Communications College and Manzhouli College, with 1 entrepreneurship college (independent college).

This department has 2 1 college and 83 undergraduate majors, covering 1 discipline such as philosophy, economics, law and education, among which China minority languages, literature and zoology are national key disciplines; There are 13 first-level disciplines authorized for doctoral degrees, 24 first-level disciplines authorized for master's degrees, 2 master's degrees authorized for two disciplines, and 15 categories authorized for master's degrees.

The school was founded on 1957. In March, 2000, Hohhot Jiaotong School was merged into Inner Mongolia University to form Inner Mongolia University Vocational and Technical College. In March 2005, Inner Mongolia Agricultural School was merged into Inner Mongolia University.

By the end of 2022, Inner Mongolia University ranked 1 19 in China University of Soft Science in 2022.