Northwest New Village, Chengguan District, Lanzhou City. Baidu map shows that the headquarters of Northwest University for Nationalities is located in Northwest New Village, Chengguan District, Lanzhou. Northwest University for Nationalities, referred to as Northwest University for Nationalities, is located in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. It is the first ethnic higher education institution founded after the founding of New China, a full-time undergraduate college directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, a college jointly established by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the Ministry of Education, and the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the People's Government of Gansu Province, and a high-level university construction unit determined by Gansu Province.