2 1 1。 According to the inquiry of official website of Xining University, Xining University is located in Xining City, Qinghai Province, China, and is a national key university under the national "2 1 1 project", directly under the central government and a national university. Founded in 1958, the school is the first established university in the history of the western regions, formerly known as Xining Vocational and Technical College.