Minzu University of China is located in Haidian District, Beijing, adjacent to the National Library in the south and Zhongguancun Science Park in the north. The campus environment is elegant, simple and beautiful, with rich humanistic atmosphere and distinctive national characteristics. It was built by Beijing Municipality, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Education. With the great attention of the Party and the country, the school was approved as a national key university on 1978, and entered the ranks of national key construction universities in "21Project" and "985 Project" in 2004, and it is also one of the universities in China's "Excellent Legal Talents Training Plan".

As of June 20 18, there are 24 colleges, including 64 undergraduate majors, covering 10 disciplines, 5 first-class doctoral degree authorization points, 5 postdoctoral research stations, 26 first-class master degree authorization points, 3 national key disciplines, 5 provincial and ministerial key disciplines, and two disciplines 13.

By June, 20 18, there were 5 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 5 post-doctoral research stations, 26 first-level discipline master degree authorization points, 3 national key disciplines, 5 provincial and ministerial key disciplines, 13 two disciplines, 1 provincial and ministerial key disciplines.

Postdoctoral mobile stations (3): Ethnology, China Language and Literature, and China History.

First-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points (5): ethnology, China language and literature, sociology, history, philosophy.

Master's degree authorization points for first-class disciplines (25): philosophy, theoretical economics, applied economics, law, political science, Marxist theory, sociology, ethnology, education, China language and literature, journalism and communication, art, history, mathematics, biology, environmental science and engineering, computer science and technology, business administration, public administration, fine arts, music and dance.

Professional master's degree authorization points (8): master of law, master of public administration, master of business administration, master of literature, master of Chinese international education, master of education, master of social work, master of cultural relics and museums.