Northwest University of Politics and Law
| 西北政法大学 | |
| Motto | 严谨 求实 文明 公正 |
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| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1937 |
| President | Jia Yu 贾宇 |
| Students | 12,000 |
| Location |
Xi'an, Shaanxi,  People's Republic of China
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| Campus | Yanta District & Chang'an District |
| Website | http://www.nwupl.edu.cn , http://en.nwupl.cn/ |
| Northwest University of Politics and Law | |||
| Traditional Chinese | 西北政法大學 | ||
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| Simplified Chinese | 西北政法大学 | ||
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Northwest University of Politics and Law (abbreviated NWUPL, Chinese: 西北政法大学 Pinyin: xīběi zhèngfǎ dàxué) is a university in Xi'an, and one of the top law schools in China. The university serves as the educational center of law in the northwest part of China and as one of the key bases of law institutions of higher learning in China.
The university, originally known as Northern Shaanxi School of Politics and Law (陕北公学) when it was set up in 1937, which was later, along with China Women's University and Ze-dong Youth Cadres School merged into Yan'an University (延安大学); relocated in Xi'an in 1949, was renamed Northwest People's Revolutionary University (西北人民革命大学); in 1953, was reshuffled into Northwest Cadres School of Political & Law by Northwest Bureau of China; later on, was renamed as Northwest Branch of Central Politics and Law Cadres School;in September 1958, merged with the Law School of Northwest University into Xi'an Institute of Politics and Law,as one of the Four Colleges of Politics and Law in China and the only law school in Northwestern China; in 1963, was renamed Northwest Institute of Politics and Law (西北政法学院), and regarded as one of the nine prestigious law schools in China (5 institutes&4 schools); and in 2006, was officially named as Northwest University of Politics and Law (西北政法大学, NWUPL).
Located in the time-honored city of Xi'an, Northwest University of Politics & Law is a multi-disciplinary institution of higher education characterized of law education together with a broad array of disciplines such as philosophy, economics, management, and literature. It is a base of great importance for training nationwide law talents, the centre of law studies in northwest China, and also a significant base for studies of humanities and social sciences in Shaanxi province. Rooted in Shaanxi, oriented to Northwest region, and serving the whole nation, NWUPL has cultivated and is cultivating a great number of talents to serve China's development in the fields of law, economics, philosophy, arts and engineering.
With students and quality as its orientation, NWUPL aims at cultivating capable and virtuous students to meet the needs in all related walks of life. It always tries to map out most productive discipline construction schemes, constantly perfect each training program, create training models and pursue most fruitful methodology and curriculums. NWUPL was one of the earliest universities in China to implement the credit system, major-plus-auxiliary system, and gradually set up a practical talent training model through combining compulsory and optional courses and integrating class instruction, laboratory work and research. Over the last ten years, the University with clear idea and aim of the new times, and through repeated tries for reforms and innovations, has ascertained the blueprint for law talents training. The project"Research and Practice on Cultivating High-quality and Application-type Law Undergraduates"was awarded the Second Prize in the Sixth National Excellent Teaching Achievements Contest in 2009, together with other 17 teaching achievements awarded Honorary Mentions at the provincial level. In recent years, over 200 state-and-province-featured courses, bilingual demonstration courses, experimental and practical courses, and experimental and field work training centers have been formed, among which experimental centers for law science and journalism have been respectively honored as State-level and Province-level Demonstration Centers. The university has set up national and provincial innovative experimental center for law talents training, namely the West China Experimental Center for Talents Handling International Law Affairs. Because of its efforts to achieve sustainable development of education, NWUPL has gained unanimous praise and compliments from specialists and officials in charge of education. For example, NWUPL was graded"Excellence"in the evaluation of undergraduate education by the Ministry of Education respectively in 2001 and in 2007.
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