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[Historical evolution] Northwest University for Nationalities is the first ethnic college established after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and is affiliated to the National Ethnic Affairs Commission. The school started as the Tibetan Studies Class and the Tibetan School in Lanzhou by the First Field Army of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army in September 1949. It was rebuilt in January 1950 as the third branch of the Lanzhou Branch of the Northwest People’s Revolutionary University. The Northwest was formally established in August 1950. The Nationalities College was renamed Northwest University for Nationalities in April 2003.
[School Overview] The school is located in Lanzhou City, with two campuses, with a total campus area of 1,776 mu, including 359 acres on the Northwest Xincun campus and 1,417 acres on the Yuzhong campus; building area of 735645.33 square meters; more than 3.94 million books and materials; museums The collection of cultural relics is 2,964; the total value of teaching and research equipment is 4101.3 billion yuan, and the total fixed assets are 3.544286 billion yuan. In 2015, it became a college jointly established by the National Ethnic Affairs Commission and the Ministry of Education. In July 2016, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the People's Government of Gansu Province signed a joint construction agreement. In 2017, it was listed as a high-level university construction unit in Gansu Province.
[Talent training] The school takes root in the northwestern region and runs a university. It has always adhered to the fundamental task of cultivating morality, serving the national strategy and the economic and social development of ethnic minorities and ethnic areas, and always insisting on training for ethnic areas to be "available and useful." Specialized talents who can be used, retained, dependable, and do well have been conscious of their mission and have trained more than 160,000 talents of various types. The school recruits students from 31 provinces (cities, autonomous regions) across the country. There are 26,434 full-time students from 56 ethnic groups, including 24,248 undergraduates and 1,676 postgraduates. In 2007, he passed the evaluation of the undergraduate teaching level of the Ministry of Education with "excellent" results.
[Teaching Institutions] The school currently has 28 teaching units: School of Marxism, School of Economics, School of Management, School of Law, School of Ethnology and Sociology, School of Educational Science and Technology, School of Physical Education, School of Arts, School of Tibetan Language and Culture, Mongolian Language and Culture College, Uyghur Language and Culture College, Foreign Language College, Journalism and Communication College, Music College, Dance College, Fine Arts College, History and Culture College, Mathematics and Computer Science College, Electrical Engineering College, Civil Engineering College, Chemical Engineering College, Life Science and School of Engineering, School of Medicine, School of Stomatology (Hospital of Stomatology), First Clinical School, Second Clinical School, School of Preparatory Education, School of Continuing Education.
【Scientific Research Institutions】The school has 3 independent scientific research institutions: the Academy of Social Sciences, the Chinese Academy of National Information Technology, and the Biomedical Research Center.
【Teachers】The school adheres to the strategy of strengthening the school with talents, and has built a high-quality professional teaching team with noble ethics, exquisite professionalism, reasonable structure and full of vitality. There are 1926 faculty members, including 1241 full-time teachers, 294 senior titles, 601 associate senior titles, 24 doctoral tutors, and 349 master tutors. Among the teachers, there are 1 candidate for the “National Talents Project of Tens and Thousands of Talents”, 6 for the “New Century Excellent Talents Support Program” of the Ministry of Education, 26 experts who enjoy special government allowances from the State Council; 9 experts with outstanding contributions from the National Civil Affairs Commission, and 6 leading talents , 12 young and middle-aged talent training programs; 11 cross-century academic leaders in Gansu Province, 9 leading talents, 5 outstanding experts, 10 candidates for the "333" science and technology talent project, and 6 candidates for the "555" innovative talent project; There are 2 national outstanding teachers, 1 advanced worker in the national education system, 6 famous teachers in Gansu Province, and 61 young teachers. The school has a national advanced collective of professional and technical personnel.
【Subjects and Majors】The school is a comprehensive university with distinct advantages and characteristics. Disciplines cover 11 disciplines including economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, and art. It has 71 undergraduate majors and 15 first-level discipline master degree authorization points. 2 second-level discipline master degree authorization sites, 7 master professional degree categories and doctoral degree authorization sites in Chinese language and literature, a mobile station for post-doctoral research in Chinese language and literature; it has the qualifications to recommend outstanding undergraduate graduates to study for master’s degree without exams and recruit a "minority" National High-level Key Talents Program" master and doctoral qualifications have formed a school-running pattern with general undergraduate education as the main body and coordinated development of graduate education, preparatory education, continuing education, vocational education and international education.
The school has 1 national-level teaching team, 8 provincial-level teaching teams; 1 national-level experimental teaching demonstration center, 1 national-level virtual simulation experiment teaching center, 7 provincial-level experimental teaching demonstration centers; 1 national-level professional Comprehensive reform pilot project, 1 national-level excellent agricultural and forestry talent training model reform pilot project; 4 national-level characteristic majors, 13 provincial-level characteristic majors; 2 national-level quality video public courses, 6 provincial-level quality resource sharing courses, 35 provincial quality courses.
The school has 19 provincial and ministerial key disciplines, of which, 7 are key disciplines of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission: Chinese minority economy, Marxist ethnic theory and policy, computer application technology, sociology, applied mathematics, law, and traditional national sports; 12 key disciplines in Gansu Province: ethnology, Chinese language and literature, Chinese history, computer science and technology, animal husbandry, veterinary science, religion, folklore, Gesar, Marxist theory, pedagogy, and fine arts. In the "Double First Class" construction plan of Gansu Province, ethnology is the dominant discipline for first-class discipline construction, and Chinese language and literature, computer science, national information technology and biological engineering are first-class discipline construction characteristic disciplines. The school currently has 1 innovation team of the Ministry of Education: Animal Medicine Bioengineering Innovation Team, 2 National Ethnic Affairs Commission Innovation Teams, and 10 School-level Innovation Teams.
The school has 3 key research bases for humanities and social sciences in Gansu Province: Northwest Minority Literature Research Center, Northwest Minority Religious Research Center, Northwest Minority Issues Research Center; 1 provincial-level major research base for philosophy and social sciences: economic and social development in ethnic areas Research Center; 2 new-type think tanks in universities in Gansu Province: Gansu Province Religious Issues Research Think Tank, and a Research Center for Building a Well-off Society in Ethnic Areas; 2 National Minority Commission Humanities and Social Sciences Key Research Bases: Northwest Ethnic Literature Research Base, Northwest Ethnic Intangible Culture Heritage Protection Research Center; 1 key research base of the National Education Research and Development Center of the Ministry of Education: Northwest National Education Key Research Base; Chinese United Front Theoretical Research Association National Religious Theory Gansu Research Base. The school is the leading unit of the "Gansu Province National Information Technology Collaborative Innovation Center", and has become the provincial "Belt and Road Security Issue Collaborative Innovation Center", "Chinese Multi-ethnic Cultural Cohesion and National Identity Collaborative Innovation Center", "Silk Road and Chinese Civilization Inheritance and Development" The core collaborative unit of the Collaborative Innovation Center. There is one key laboratory of the Ministry of Education: the Chinese National Minority Language Information Technology Laboratory; three key laboratories of the National Civil Affairs Commission: Bioengineering and Technology Laboratory, Stomatology Laboratory, and Electronic Materials Laboratory. At the same time, it has established 1 provincial engineering technology research center: Gansu Animal Cell Engineering Technology Research Center; 3 Gansu key laboratories: Gansu Key Laboratory of New Building Materials and Building Energy Conservation, Gansu Key Laboratory of National Language Intelligent Processing , Gansu Province Key Laboratory of Oral Disease Research; 2 Key Laboratories of Gansu Province Universities: Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Composite Materials and Biomass Utilization in Universities of Gansu Province, Key Laboratory of Ethnic Information E-commerce in Universities of Gansu Province.
【Scientific research】The school focuses on scientific research and has achieved remarkable results. Since 2001, the school has undertaken 2682 scientific research projects, including 2 national science and technology support projects, 9 sub-projects, 2 "863" projects, 125 National Natural Science Foundation projects, and 174 National Social Science Foundation projects. There are 614 provincial and ministerial projects. Scientific research achievements have won 2 national awards and 144 provincial and ministerial awards. The “Tibetan-Chinese Bilingual Information Processing System” developed by the school won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 1999, and the “Tibetan Windows Platform, Word Processing Software and Tibetan Website” won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2001. It was awarded by Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao. Waiting for the high evaluation of party and state leaders. The publication of the "Fa Collection of Dunhuang Tibetan Manuscripts" and "The British Collection of Dunhuang Tibetan Manuscripts" edited and published by the school has realized the return and publication of my country's precious historical documents, and has caused strong repercussions in the academic world. It is known as the study of Dunhuang and Tibetan studies. Another milestone.
The school publishes "Northwest Ethnic Studies" (national core journal), "Journal of Northwest University for Nationalities" (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition, Natural Science Edition, Tibetan Edition, Mongolian Edition). Among them, "Northwest Nationalities Studies" is the source journal of CSSCI, the National Social Science Fund key academic journals, and ethnic core journals; "Journal of Northwest University for Nationalities" Philosophy and Social Science Edition was rated as the first National Excellent Social Science Journal, 2-3 consecutive terms National Top 100 Social Science Journal, a national-level core journal of ethnology, was named "Outstanding Journal of Northern China" in 2009. The natural science edition and Tibetan edition of the Journal of Northwest University for Nationalities were rated as outstanding journals in the national minority areas.
【Social Service】The school strives to improve its social service capabilities and contributes to the social and economic construction of ethnic areas. The School of Life Sciences and Engineering was awarded the honorary title of "Outstanding Contribution Collective for the Development of the Western Region" by the State Council; in the Yushu earthquake relief, the teachers and students of the Tibetan Language and Culture Institute received awards from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council and the Central Military Commission; Minhai Biological Engineering Co., Ltd. It is the first batch of backbone enterprises in the strategic emerging industries of Gansu Province; the school was identified by the Ministry of Culture as the first batch of intangible heritage protection and inheritance pilot units in the country; for 16 consecutive years, it was awarded the "National College Student Volunteer Summer "Three Going to the Country" social practice activity "Excellent Unit" honorary title.
【International Exchange】The school insists on opening up schools and actively expands international exchanges and cooperation. It has successively established exchanges and cooperative relations with universities and scientific research institutions in the United States, Russia, Britain, Germany, Canada, Egypt, Malaysia, Mongolia and other countries. Select outstanding students to visit, exchange and study abroad, select teachers to study abroad, further study and engage in scientific research; hire foreign experts to teach and carry out scientific research cooperation. Two of them have won the "Friendship Award" of the Chinese government, and six of them have been awarded by Gansu. The Provincial Government "Dunhuang Award".