Founded in 1902, Northwest University (NWU) is one of the key public comprehensive universities in China. The University is located in the famous ancient yet modern city Xi’an. It is selected as one of the first qualifying groups for the National “Double First-Class” Initiative, and sponsored by the national “211 Project. NWU is currently under the joint administration of the Ministry of Education and Shaanxi province.
For over 115 years, following its vision of “promoting the national spirit, integrating the ideas from around the world and shouldering the responsibility of developing northwest China”, NWU has attracted a generous number of distinguished scholars, cultivated generations of talents, made a series of significant academic achievements and enjoyed remarkable academic and social reputations. NWU has been honored as “the Mother of Chinese Petroleum Engineering, “the Cradle of Economists, “the Cradle of Writers and “NWU Media Hosts Phenomenon by media.
NWU has 3 campuses, with 22 Schools and Departments covering 10 major disciplines offering 85 undergraduate programs, 189 master programs and 109 doctoral programs. The four disciplines of Geology, Chemistry, Material Science and Engineering entered into top 1% by ESI.
Moreover, NWU houses 1 national key laboratory, 2 national research center for engineering & technology, 1 national base for international scientific & technological cooperation, 1 national joint research center for international scientific and technological cooperation, 7 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 1 national virtual simulation experimental teaching center, 7 national bases for talent cultivation & national base for the cultural quality education of college students, 29 provincial (ministerial) key labs, research centers for engineering & technology, and key research bases for the humanities & social sciences.
NWU has 2,732 members of faculty and staff, including 3 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 12 distinguished (or chair) professors of “the Cheung Kong Scholars Program”, 11 scholars of “the Recruitment Program of 1000 Global Talents”, 4 winners of National Famous Teaching Award, 2 winners of “Ten Thousand Talents Plan” Teaching Award, 1 winner of “Ten Thousand Talents Plan” for Outstanding Young Scholars, 9 winners of China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists, 7 winners of China National Funds for Excellent Young Scientists, 12 winners of National Million Talents Projects, 18 winners of New Century Distinguished Talents of the Ministry of Education. Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Zhang Guowei ,Prof. Shu Degan, Prof. Zhang Hongfu, world famous historian, educator, and philosopher Prof. Zhang Qizhi, contemporary famous writer Mr. Jia Pingwa and groups of well-known domestic and international scholars are teaching and conducting research at NWU. Currently NWU has a student population of over 26,000 including 8,200 graduate students and more than 1000 international students.
To date, NWU has won a number of major scientific research awards, including the National Natural Sciences Awards (the first and second prizes), the National Technological Invention Awards (the second prize), the National Scientific & Technological Progress Awards (the second prize), the Cheung Kong Scholars Achievement Awards (first prize) and Chinese Golden Patent Awards.
NWU attaches great importance to international exchange and cooperation, and has established collaborative relations with more than 100 institutions of higher learning and research in more than 30 foreign countries, including USA, UK, France, Germany and Japan, as well as regions such as Hong Kong and Taiwan. To its credit, NWU is listed as one of the leading universities in the world by the Encyclopedia Britannica. More than 10,000 international students from over 50 countries and regions have studied at NWU since 1965.
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