Inner Mongolia University is located in Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and a famous historical and cultural city, more than 400 kilometers away from Beijing. It is the first comprehensive university founded by the party and the state in minority areas after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The school was founded from a high starting point. 1957. Ulanhu, then vice premier of the State Council and chairman of the autonomous region, was the first chairman (1956- 1968). Yu Beichen, former deputy director of the comprehensive university department of the Ministry of Higher Education, served as vice president. Mr. Li Jidong, an academician of China Academy of Sciences, a famous biologist, a first-class professor in Peking University, and a doctor from Yale University, came to teach and served as the academic vice president.
The school was founded on1957; 1978 was identified as a national key university; 1997 became the national "2 1 1 project" key construction university; In 2004, it became a university jointly established by the People's Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Ministry of Education. 20 12 was selected as the "National Comprehensive Strength Plan for Colleges and Universities in the Midwest", and 20 16 was identified as "one province and one school" in the Midwest by the State Council.