Xinjiang University
| جامعة شينجيانغ 新疆大学 |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1924 |
| Undergraduates | > 20,000 |
| Location | Ürümqi, China |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.xju.edu.cn |
Xinjiang University (XJU) (Uyghur: شىنجاڭ ئۇنىۋېرستېتى, Шинҗаң Университети, Chinese: 新疆大学; pinyin: Xīnjiāng Dàxué) is one of the major universities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, and is a national key university. Established in 1924 in Urumqi, Xinjiang University is a comprehensive university with the highest academic level in Xinjiang, under Project 211.
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 Urumqi. 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.
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