The school was founded in 1 951August1day, formerly known as Yunnan University for Nationalities. It is one of the earliest institutions of higher learning for nationalities in People's Republic of China (PRC). In April 2003, it was renamed Yunnan University for Nationalities, and it has been 70 years since then.
Brief introduction of Yunnan University for Nationalities
Since its establishment, the school has been highly valued and cared by the party and state leaders. Party and state leaders Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping met with representatives of teachers and students in our school.
Peng, Chen Yi, Panchinadini Giorgio Igyarson, Li Lanqing, Li and ismail Ahmad visited the school in person, caring about the growth and progress of teachers and students of all ethnic groups and the construction and development of the school. The first principal and vice-principal of the school are two generals, Zhou Baozhong and Zhang Chong, vice-chairmen of Yunnan Provincial People's Government.
Since the school was founded, a number of academic celebrities, such as famous ethnologists, historians and educationists, famous historians and ethnologists Professor Ningsheng Wang, famous ethnologists and anthropologists, and famous historian Professor Xie Benshu, have become the founders and backbones of the school's teaching, scientific research and discipline construction and development.
Reference: official website-school profile, Yunnan University for Nationalities.