Northwest university of politics and law is located in Xi 'an, a famous historical and cultural city in the world. It is a multidisciplinary university with distinctive legal characteristics. Philosophy, economics, management, literature and other disciplines support each other and develop harmoniously. He is a member of the key high-level universities in Shaanxi Province, the first-class discipline construction universities, the "Li Ge Alliance" of the national higher education of law and the "Chang 'an Alliance" of the high-level universities with xi 'an characteristics.

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