Yunnan University for Nationalities is a comprehensive university with complete disciplines and distinctive school-running characteristics, covering philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management, art and other disciplines 10.
It has formed a discipline pattern characterized by ethnology, sociology, national language and literature, Southeast Asia and South Asia, with equal emphasis on arts and sciences and coordinated development of multiple disciplines.
The school has "National Traditional Sports Demonstration Base for Ethnic Minorities", "National College Counselor Development Research Center (Yunnan University for Nationalities)", National Ethnic Affairs Commission-Key Laboratory of Ethnic Medicine Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, and ethnic minority preparatory education and training base of Ministry of Education.