Ningxia University
Ningxia University was founded in 1958. Being combined with the former Ningxia Institute of Technology and Yinchuan Normal Institute (including Ningxia Institute of Education) in December 1997, and Ningxia Agricultural College in February 2002, Ningxia University started a new page in the process of reform and development.
Ningxia University is located in Yinchuan City, a famous historical and cultural city. It covers an area of 196 hectares. There are 2625 teachers and staffs. NXU enrolls students from 26 provinces，autonomous regions, and municipalities. There are 18476 full-time undergraduate students, 4399 graduate students, 1153 ethnic preparatory students and 195 international students. NXU offers 77 undergraduate programs, 6 first-level PhD programs, 31 first-level Master programs, 15 Professional Master programs, 3 postdoctoral research stations, and 12 provincial academician work stations.
Ningxia University adheres to the opening up education, and has successively set up cooperation relationship with over 10 domestic universities like Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shandong University, Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University of Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jilin University, Zhejiang University, Xiamen University, etc. Based on regional features and dominant disciplines, we have also set up cooperation relationships with dozens of foreign universities in more than 10 countries and regions. We established the first Confucius Institute in the Gulf with Dubai University of the United Arab Emirates. NXU is the first batch of universities approved by the Ministry of Education to accept foreign students. It is also the only HSK (Chinese proficiency test) testing place in Ningxia, which is a college receiving students with scholarships granted by Chinese government and the State Han office and the Confucius Institute Headquarter . Since 1992, more than 3000 foreign students from more than 40 countries have been studying here.
