Ningxia University was founded in 1958. 1997 65438+February, Ningxia University merged with the former Ningxia Institute of Technology and Yinchuan Normal University (including Ningxia Education College); In February 2002, it merged with Ningxia Agricultural College to form a new Ningxia University. From April 2065438 to April 2004, Zhongwei Campus of Ningxia University was established, which opened a new page in the reform and development of the school.
The school is located in Yinchuan, a famous historical and cultural city with a long history and beautiful scenery, covering an area of 2,938 mu, with a teaching experimental farm 1.890 mu and a school building area of 880,000 square meters. 27 19 faculty members. It enrolls students from 28 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government. At present, there are full-time undergraduate students1916, full-time master students 5020, full-time doctoral students 54 1 person, ethnic minority preparatory students 985 and international students 157. Campus architecture, lush flowers and elegant environment, is an ideal garden for reading and learning.
In the course of running a school for more than 60 years, the school adheres to the motto of "Suntech, Diligence, Realism and Innovation" and promotes "not afraid of difficulties and cold; The deep-rooted and flourishing "Elaeagnus angustifolia spirit" is hard-working, hard-working and innovative.
Especially in recent years, the school has seized the historical opportunities such as the construction of provincial departments, the comprehensive strength improvement project of universities in the central and western regions, the "double first-class" construction, and the "joint construction of departments and regions", adhered to the road of characteristic development, made great efforts to improve the quality of running schools, and constantly promoted the connotation development. Now it has become a comprehensive university with coordinated development of science, engineering, agriculture, economics, management, literature, law and art.
The Seventh Party Congress of Ningxia University has established the development goal of "building Ningxia University into a first-class university in the west with distinctive regional characteristics and outstanding local service ability by 2025", defined two main lines of work, namely "education with three rounds of education as the core" and "co-construction of departments and regions", and formulated seven key tasks to strive to create a new first-class university in the west.