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Shihezi University is a national "2 1 1 project" key construction university, a national key construction university in the west, and a university jointly established by provincial offices. It is also one of the selected universities in the "Basic Capacity Building Project of Central and Western Universities" and "Comprehensive Strength Improvement Project of Central and Western Universities" (one province and one school). In 20 17, the school was selected as a national "double-first-class" university to build a first-class discipline, and in 20 18, it was selected as a "Ministry-provincial joint construction" university, which was included in the ranking of universities directly under the Ministry of Education.
The predecessor of the school was born in China People's Liberation Army's September March to liberate Xinjiang 1949. 1In April, 1996, Shihezi Agricultural College, Shihezi Medical College, Corps Normal College and Corps Economic College under the Ministry of Agriculture were merged.