Established in 1924 in Ürümqi, Xinjiang University is a comprehensive university with the highest academic level in Xinjiang.[1] The Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking," placed the university the best in Xinjiang and 129th in China.[2]
Establishment and location
In 1924, Xinjiang Russian and Law School was founded, which is known as the former school of Xinjiang University. In 1935, it was converted to Xinjiang College. Xinjiang University was named in 1960; it is in the southern part of Ürümqi. Among its prominent leaders was Du Zhongyuan, who was executed in 1943 on suspicion of being subversive.
It is a national key comprehensive university with students from various ethnic groups. It is one of two in Xinjiang entering the national “211 Project.” On December 30, 2000, the former Xinjiang University and Xinjiang Engineering Institute merged into a new Xinjiang University. In the past 78 years, it has seen 65,000 students graduate.
Colleges
Xinjiang University comprises fourteen schools, which have courses and branches of study ranging from science, engineering, law and economics to management, the arts and history. A new major in intellectual property was created in 2013. XJU has three campuses: the Main Campus, the North Campus and the South Campus.
Academics
There are three Ph.D. programs, 46 Masters’ programs and 75 undergraduate majors. The university has research institutions in these areas of study:
Economics
Arid Ecology
Math Theory
Demography
Applied Chemistry
Central Asian Culture
Altaic Study
Architectural Design
The Minorities Folklore Research Center at Xinjiang University was founded by Rahile Dawut.[3]
The 2024 CWTS Leiden Ranking ranked XJU at 594th in the world based on their publications for the period 2019–2022.[8] The Nature Index ranked XJU among the top 487 leading universities globally for the high quality of research publications in natural science based on the institution output from 1 May 2023 - 30 April 2024.[9]
Overall, Xinjiang University was ranked among the top 1500 universities worldwide according to several major international universities rankings.[5][10][11][12]