Northwest University, referred to as "Xida University", is located in Xi City, the capital of Shaanxi Province. It is a comprehensive national key university jointly established by the people of China, the Ministry of Education and the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, and ranks among the first batch of national "world-class discipline construction universities" and national "2 1 1 project" key construction universities.

As of March, 20 18, Northwest University has 24 first-level disciplines authorized by doctor's degree, 37 first-level disciplines authorized by master's degree, and 14 professional degree authorization categories. First-class disciplines 1 one, including 5 national key disciplines in two disciplines, 4 national key disciplines in two disciplines, national key disciplines (training) 1 one, and 22 post-doctoral research stations.

National basic scientific research and teaching talent training base (base class): economics base class, history base class, physics base class, chemistry base class, geology base class, biological science base class, biotechnology (life science and technology) base class.

Provincial specialties: geology, chemistry, economics, cultural relics protection technology, history, Chinese medicine physics, process equipment and control, Chinese language and literature, archaeology, resources, environment, urban and rural planning and management, administration, mathematics and applied mathematics, optical information science and technology, biological science, geographic information system and material chemistry.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Northwest University