北方民族大学概况
北方民族大学直属于国家民族事务委员会，是一所综合性民族类普通高等院校。学校坐落在“塞上江南”——宁夏回族自治区首府银川市，是我国唯一一所建立在民族自治区的部委高校。学校前身为西北第二民族学院，始建于1984年，2008年更名为北方民族大学。学校为国务院学位办批准的学士、硕士、博士学位授予权单位。
学校现有来自全国31个省、市、自治区的56个民族的博士生、硕士生、本科生、预科生共2.2万余人，少数民族学生比例为60%，是中华民族大家庭的缩影。36年来，学校为少数民族和民族地区经济社会发展培养了5万余名优秀人才，他们深谙民族文化传统，熟悉民族风俗民情，在民族地区安心工作，已经成为各民族“共同团结奋斗，共同繁荣发展”的践行者，“中华民族一家亲，同心共筑中国梦”的实践者，少数民族和民族地区经济社会发展的建设者，中华民族优秀文化的弘扬和传播者，民族团结、祖国统一的捍卫者。
学校高度重视学科建设和专业建设。现有文学、理学、工学、法学、历史学、管理学、经济学、艺术学、教育学、医学10个学科门类的74个本科专业；计算机科学与技术等9个一级学科硕士学位点；MPA等9个专业硕士学位点；民族学为一级学科博士学位授权点；生态学等17个省部级重点学科，其中有3个宁夏回族自治区一流学科（电子科学与技术、数学、材料科学与工程）；材料科学与工程等4个国家级特色专业；化学工程与工艺1个国家级一流本科专业建设点；汉语言文学等9个省级优势特色专业；法学等4个省级重点建设专业；自动化等7个省级“十三五”重点专业（群）；机械电子工程等5个省级产教融合人才培养示范专业；旅游管理等10个省级一流本科专业建设点；有1个国家级材料科学实验教学示范中心和化工技术基础等8个省级实验教学示范中心。
学校大力推进实施“人才强校”战略。坚持培养和引进并重，建设了一支质量较高、结构合理的专业人才队伍。现有教职工1400人，国家“万人计划”科技创新领军人才1人，“百千万人才工程”国家级人选3人，享受国务院政府特殊津贴7人，全国优秀教师1人，全国模范教师1人，教育部“新世纪人才支持计划”3人，科技部中青年科技创新领军人才1人，国家民委突出贡献专家3人，享受自治区政府特殊津贴4人。
学校充分发挥自身优势积极服务经济社会发展。尤其在科学研究领域，积极围绕、聚焦民族地区经济社会发展和黄河流域高质量发展开展科研攻关。加强与地方政府的交流合作，加大校地校企的合作步伐，建立了依托地方、融入地方、服务地方的合作办学、联合攻关机制，在服务社会中实现大学使命和价值回归。近五年来，学校承担省级以上科研项目670项，在粉体材料与特种陶瓷、工业废弃物循环再利用、葡萄种植与葡萄酒酿造技术、生态移民及精准扶贫等方面形成了一定的特色和优势。建设了1个国家地方联合工程研究中心、1个示范型国家国际科技合作基地、3个教育部/国家民委国别和区域研究中心、7个省部级重点实验室、4个省部级人文社科研究基地、2个自治区级创新（工程）中心、3个自治区协同创新中心、9个省部级创新团队，1个自治区产学研合作基地、2个宁夏新型高校智库，1个国家级“全国化工及机械基础科普基地”、1个省部级“电子科学与物理示范中心”科普基地。
学校坚持开放办学，积极开展国内外合作交流。学校与合肥工业大学、华侨大学、北京大学、西安交通大学、北京科技大学、兰州大学、集美大学等12所国内高校，银川市人民政府、中卫市人民政府等20家地方政府及行政事业单位，宁夏共享集团、中国农业银行宁夏分行等14家企业开展交流合作并保持着良好的合作关系。学校主动服务“一带一路”倡议，大力推进教育对外开放，2014年成立国际教育学院，2015年加入丝绸之路大学联盟，2017年获批3个教育部/国家民委国别和区域研究中心。先后与美国、法国、马来西亚等30个国家和地区的近70所高校、机构签署了合作协议。学校积极推进留学生教育，通过举办中亚国家青年汉语班、宁夏国际友城青年汉语班等，招收和培养汉语进修、学历教育、项目培训留学生。目前，共有国际留学生71人。
North Minzu University, under the direct administration of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People’s Republic of China, is a comprehensive institution of higher learning specialized inethnic minorities affairs. It is located in Yinchuan, the capital city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, which known as the “oasis in the desert”. It is the only university established in minority autonomous region in China under the direct administration of the Commission. It was founded in 1984 with the former name of the Second Northwest College for Nationalities,and renamed North Minzu University in 2008. It is authorized to confer bachelor’s, master’sand doctoral degrees by the Office of Academic Degrees Committeeof the State Council.
The university now has more than 21,000 postgraduates, undergraduatesand preparatory students from 56 ethnic groups in 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. The proportion of ethnic minority students is 60%, which is the microcosm of the big family of the Chinese nation. Over the past 36 years, the university has cultivated more than 50,000 outstanding talents for the economic and social development of ethnic minorities and minority areas. They understand ethnic culture and traditions, familiar with ethnic customs and conditions, settle down and work hard in minority areas, have become the practitioners of “making a concerted effort to achieve commonprosperity and development” of all the ethnic groups, the builders of the economic and social development of ethnic minorities and minority areas, the disseminators of excellent ethnic culture, and the defenders of ethnic unity and national reunification.
The university attaches great importance to major construction, and offers 74 undergraduate majors in 10 disciplines, including literature, science, engineering, law, history, management, economics, art, education and medicine. It is an authorized university offering master’s degrees in 10 first-level disciplines (ethnology, etc.), and nine majors (public administration,etc.), as well as doctoral degree in the first-level discipline (ethnology). It offers 17 key disciplines at provincial and ministerial level (Chineseethnichistory, etc.) and 4 characteristic majors at national level (materials science and engineering). It is an authorized university offering bachelor’s degrees in 1 first-class major (chemical engineering and technology), 9 characteristic majors at provincial level (Chinese language and literature, etc), 4 key disciplines at provincial (law, etc), 7 key majors at provincial level during the period of “the 13thFive-Year Plan”(automation, etc.), 5 demonstration majors of industry-education integration talents cultivation at provincial level (mechatronic engineering, etc.), bachelor’s degrees in 10 first-class majors at provincial level (tourism management, etc.) and 3 first-class disciplines of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (mathematics, materials science and engineering, electronic science and technology). It also has 1 national demonstration center for experimental teaching of materials science, and 8 provincial demonstration centers for experimental teaching of fundamentals of chemical technology, etc.
The university implements the strategy of “talents developing in higher educational institute”, insists on paying equal attention tocultivationand introduction, and builds a team of professional talents with high quality and reasonable structure. The university now has 1400 teaching and administrative staff, 1 leading scientific and technological innovation talent of “National Special Support Plan forHigh-level Talents”, 3 national candidates of “New Century Talents Project”, 7 persons enjoying the Government Special Allowance of the State Council, 1 national outstanding teacher, 1 national model teacher, 2 persons of “New Century Talent Support Program” of the Ministry of Education, 1 young and middle-aged science and technology innovation leading talent of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 3 experts with outstanding contributions of National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People’s Republic of China, and 4 persons enjoying the Government Special Allowance of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
The university adheres to the opening up of its education to the world, and promotes international cooperation and exchanges. Hefei University of Technology is a supporting university designated by the National Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People’s Republic of China and the Ministry of Education. In the mean time, the university also carries out exchanges and cooperation with many domestic universities, scientific research institutions, local governments, industries and enterprises, including Peking University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Lanzhou University and so on, and maintains good cooperative relations. The university actively responds to the “Belt and Road” initiatives, and promotes the opening up of its education. The Institute of International Education was founded in 2014 and joined the Silk Road University Alliance in 2015. In 2017, the Ministry of Education in China approved the founding of three national and regional research centers.Through the establishment of Chinese Languages Classes for Youth from Central Asian Countries and Ningxia International Chinese Languages Classes for Youth from Sister Cities,at present, the university has recruited and trained 71 international students for further education, academic education and program trainingin Chinese, and has strengthened international education. The university has signed cooperative agreements with about 70 universities and institutions in 30 countries, including the United States, France, Malaysia, etc.
