Special master. In 2005, the university took cultural relics and protection technology as its major, and offered three undergraduate majors: archaeology, cultural relics protection technology, cultural relics and museum science. There are doctoral and master's degree programs in archaeology and Post-Doctoral Research Center. NorthwestUniversity, referred to as "Xida" for short, is located in Xi, 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.