Xidian University is a national key university under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, China. It was approved by the state to be one of the universities funded by “Project 211”. After over eighty years’ development, Xidian has developed distinctive feature in information science and electronics. According to the ESI data released recently, Engineering and Computer Science in Xidian ranks among the top 0.1% worldwide. In the Fourth National Assessment of First-level Disciplines, Electronic Science and Technology was rated A+, ranking first nationwide together with another university in China, Information and Communication Engineering was rated A, and Computer Science and Technology was rated A-. Electronic information science and technology of Xidian University continues to lead domestically. The employment rates of undergraduates and postgraduates have achieved 97% and 100% respectively, ranking top in China.In the new era, Xidian has been making great efforts to upgrade itself into a world first-class university featured in electronic and information science.
Xidian University has two campuses, north campus and south campus, occupying an area of 270 hectares, with the building area of over 1,300,000 square meters. Its two libraries boast a collection of 6.14 million volumes, of which there are about 2.34 million paper documents and about 3.8 million electronic documents, 1300 journals in foreign languages, and electronic resources in Chinese and foreign languages on 45 platforms with about 120 databases, covering all the disciplines and specialties of the university. Presently, the university has more than 33,000 students of all sorts, of whom there are over 1700 doctoral candidates and 9000 master degree seeking students. It has set up 18 schools, such as School of Telecommunications Engineering, School of Electronic Engineering, School of Computer Science and Technology, School of Mechatronic Engineering, School of Economics and Management, School of International Education, etc.
As a national key university, Xidian University actively expands the cooperation and exchange and has already built up the cooperative relationship with the institutions of higher education in France, America, Japan and Britain, etc. Till now, a total enrollment of more than 5,000 overseas students from 70 countries, such as America, Britain, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, etc.
Global Rankings
30th in Best Global Universities for Computer Science
177th in Engineering
Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018：
4th in Telecommunication Engineering
8th in Remote Sensing Science and Technology
46th in Communication and Transportation Engineering
51st-75th in Electric and Electronical Engineering
51st-75th in Computer Science and Technology
76th-100th in Control Science and Engineering
