It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the northwest of China. It is a national public graduate program to build a high-level university, an institution for Japanese government scholarships to receive overseas students in China, the first batch of demonstration universities in China to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, the founding members of China-China Humanities Exchange University Alliance, New Silk Road University Alliance and Chang 'an Alliance, and the first batch of doctoral, master's and bachelor's degree awarding units in China.