Xinjiang University (XJU) ( ug, شىنجاڭ ئۇنىۋېرستېتى, ; zh , s = 新疆大学 , p = Xīnjiāng Dàxué ) is one of the major universities in the

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and is a

national key university National Key Universities () previously referred to universities recognized as prestigious and which received a high level of support from the central government of the People's Republic of China. The term is no longer in official use by 1990s. The ...

. Established in 1924 in

Ürümqi Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...

, Xinjiang University is a comprehensive university with the highest academic level in Xinjiang, under

Double First Class University Plan The World First Class University and First Class Academic Discipline Construction (), together known as Double First Class (), is a tertiary education development initiative designed by the People's Republic of China central government in 2015 ...

and former Project 211. It is a Chinese state Class B Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education.

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

. 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 Project 211 () was an abolished project of developing comprehensive universities and colleges initiated in 1995 by the Ministry of Education of China, with the intent of raising the research standards of comprehensive universities and cultivat ...

.” 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 has 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.

Rankings and reputation

In 2021, Xinjiang University was ranked 762th by ''

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around the world. The 2021

CWTS Leiden Ranking The CWTS Leiden Ranking is an annual global university ranking based exclusively on bibliometric indicators. The rankings are compiled by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (Dutch: ''Centrum voor Wetenschap en Technologische Studies'', ...

ranked XJU at 887th in the world based on their publications for the period 2016–2019. The ''

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'' ranked XJU among the top 1000 leading research institutions globally for the high quality of research publications in natural science based on the institution outputs from May 2020 to April 2021.

Asteroid

Asteroid 192450 Xinjiangdaxue was named in honor of the university. The official was published by the

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on 25 September 2018 ().

Notable alumni

* Tashpolat Tiyip * Migiti Hudabyer * Uzur Slam * Abu Krem * Abdullah Abbas * Su Bai·Anabe * Muha Baite Haasmu * Xia Xi * Pan Xiaoling * Nur Beckley * Zhou Ji * Yang Song * Sima Yi Tili Valdi * Yang Gang * Alken Tunia * Japar Abbbra * Esherty Krimubai * Abdullah Abdul Ghiti * Ibrahim Abdullah * Nurchari * Wang Huaiyu * Xiong Huiyin * Li Wei * Fu Qiang * Nurlan Abuman * Hou Changan * Jia Chengzao

Notable faculty

* Rahile Dawut * Tashpolat Tiyip * Ibrahim Muti'i * Wushour Silamu

References

External links

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campus forum

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