Northwest University, referred to as "Xida University" for short, was founded in 1902, and was founded by Zhu Pi, Emperor Guangxu in the late Qing Dynasty, located in Xi 'an, the ancient capital. It is a comprehensive national key university built by the Ministry of Education and the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government "2 1 1 Project" and "Engineering University for Basic Capacity Building in Central and Western Universities".

Northwest University was founded in 1902 Shaanxi University Hall and Shi Jing University Hall. 19 12 is called Northwest University. 1923 changed to National Northwest University. 1937, the National Peking University, Beiping Normal University, Beiyang Institute of Technology and Beiping Research Institute, which moved westward to Shaanxi, formed the National xi 'an Temporary University. 1938 was renamed as National Northwest United University, and 1939 was renamed as National Northwest University. After the founding of New China, it is a comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education. 1950 changed its name to Northwest University. 1958 transferred to the director of Shaanxi province. 1978 was identified as a national key university.

In the long-term development process, Northwest University has formed the school-running philosophy of "carrying forward the national spirit, integrating world thoughts and shouldering the heavy responsibility of building the northwest", gathered many famous teachers, produced a number of high-level academic achievements, trained a large number of outstanding talents who can only serve the world, and enjoyed a good academic reputation and social prestige. Known as "the mother of petroleum talents in China", "the cradle of economists" and "the cradle of writers".